,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjbb,mr4
 ,steube introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
prohibit the purchase of public or      
private real estate located in the      
,united ,states by foreign adversaries  
and state sponsors of terrorism4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting our ,land ,act4  #b4    
,prohibition on purchase of public or   
private real estate located in the      
,united ,states by foreign adversaries  
and state sponsors of terrorism  7a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 the ,president shall  
direct the heads of the ,federal        
departments and agencies to promulgate  
rules and regulations to prohibit the   
purchase of public or private real      
estate located in the ,united ,states by
 a foreign adversary1 a state sponsor of
 terrorism1 any agent or instrumentality

 of a foreign adversary or a state      
sponsor of terrorism1 or any person     
owned or controlled by1 or affiliated   
with1 a foreign adversary or a state    
sponsor of terrorism4  7b7 ,definitions 
,in this section-- 7#a7 the term foreign
 adversary means any foreign government 
or foreign nongovernment person engaged 
in a long-term pattern or serious       
instances of conduct significantly      
adverse to the national security of the 
,united ,states or security and safety  
of ,united ,states persons2  7#b7 the   
term state sponsor of terrorism means a 
country the government of which the     
,secretary of ,state determines has     
repeatedly provided support for         
international terrorism pursuant to--   
7,a7 section #aged7;c77#a77;,a7 of the  
,export ,control ,reform ,act of #bjah  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dcah7;c77#a77;,a772     
7,b7 section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign    
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcga72  7,c7 section #dj of the ,arms 
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    

#bghj72 or  7,d7 any other provision of 
law2 and  7#c7 the term 8,united        
,states0 means the several ,states1 the 
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,american ,samoa1 ,guam1 the  
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 and   
any other territory or possession of the
 ,united ,states4