,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,gill of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,brecheen1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 
,ms4 ,greene of ,georgia1 and ,mr4      
,stutzman7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to require that a foreign purchaser of 
agricultural land be subject to the same
 restrictions as are applicable to      
,united ,states citizens and nationals  
in the home country of such foreign     
purchaser4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,land ,and ,national
 ,defense ,act or the ,,land ,act4  #b4 
,restrictions on foreign purchasers  7a7
 ,in general ,in the case of a sale of  
agricultural land1 a foreign purchaser  
of such land shall be subject to-- 7#a7 
the same restrictions and limitations as
 a ,united ,states citizen or national  
would be subject to with respect to the 
purchase of agricultural land in the    

home country of such purchaser2 and     
7#b7 any restrictions and limitations   
under ,state law that apply with respect
 to the purchase of agricultural land in
 the ,state involved4  7b7              
,determination of home countries of     
foreign purchasers  7#a7 ,united ,states
 citizens  7,a7 ,dual citizen ,for      
purposes of applying subsection 7a71 in 
the case of a foreign purchaser who is a
 citizen of the ,united ,states and #a  
other country1 the other country shall  
be treated as the home country of such  
purchaser4  7,b7 ,multiple citizenship  
,for purposes of applying subsection    
7a71 in the case of a foreign purchaser 
who is a citizen of the ,united ,states 
and more than #a other country1 the     
other country 7other than the ,united   
,states7 with the most restrictive laws 
with respect to the purchasing of       
agricultural land1 as determined by the 
,task ,force1 shall be treated as the   
home country of such purchaser4  7#b7   
,non-,united ,states citizens  7,a7 ,in 

general ,for purposes of applying       
subsection 7a71 in the case of a foreign
 purchaser who is a not a ,united       
,states citizen and is a citizen of #a  
country1 the country in which such      
purchaser is a citizen shall be treated 
as the home country of such purchaser4  
7,b7 ,multiple citizenship ,for purposes
 of applying subsection 7a71 in the case
 of a foreign purchaser who is a not a  
,united ,states citizen and is a citizen
 of more than #a country1 the country   
with the most restrictive laws with     
respect to the purchasing of            
agricultural land1 as determined by the 
,task ,force1 shall be treated as the   
home country of such purchaser4  7#c7   
,companies ,for purposes of applying    
subsection 7a71 in the case of a foreign
 purchaser that is a company1 the       
country with the most restrictive laws  
with respect to the purchasing of       
agricultural land1 as determined by the 
,task ,force1 and of which the citizens 
of such country hold at least #e percent

 of such company shall be treated as the
 home country of such purchaser4  7#d7  
,foreign governments ,for purposes of   
applying subsection 7a71 in the case of 
a foreign purchaser that is a foreign   
government1 the country such government 
represents shall be treated as the home 
country of such purchaser4  7c7         
,notification  7#a7 ,in general ,in the 
case of a sale of agricultural land to a
 foreign purchaser1 the seller of such  
agricultural land shall report such sale
 to the ,secretary of ,agriculture4     
7#b7 ,congressional notification ,with  
respect to each notification of a sale  
of agricultural land to a foreign       
purchaser under paragraph 7#a71 the     
,secretary of ,agriculture shall        
notify-- 7,a7 the members of the ,senate
 from the ,state in which the           
agricultural land is located2 and  7,b7 
the member from the ,congressional      
,district in which such agricultural    
land is located4  7d7 ,task ,force  7#a7
 ,in general ,there is established a    

,task ,force 7to be known as ,u4,s4     
,land ,protection ,task ,force7 to      
identify violations of subsection 7a74  
7#b7 ,membership ,the ,task ,force shall
 be composed of the following3 7,a7 ,the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture1 who shall  
serve as ,chair of the ,task ,force4    
7,b7 ,the ,committee on ,foreign        
,investment in the ,united ,states4     
7,c7 ,the ,national ,security ,division 
of the ,department of ,justice4  7,d7   
,the ,secretary of ,state4  7#c7        
,reports ,not later than #a year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and every #f months thereafter1 the     
,task ,force shall submit to ,congress a
 report that includes with respect to   
the #f-month period preceding the       
report-- 7,a7 the percentage of         
agricultural land 7disaggregated by land
 type7 that was sold to foreign         
purchasers2  7,b7 the ,states in which  
such land was sold2  7,c7 the average   
purchase cost of such land2  7,d7 with  
respect to each such purchase of        

agricultural land1 the title history    
with respect to the agricultural land   
purchased2 and  7,e7 whether any of the 
purchased agricultural land is located  
within #ajj miles of a military         
installation4  7e7 ,severability ,if any
 provision of this ,act 7or the         
application of that provision to        
particular persons or circumstances7 is 
held invalid or found to be             
unconstitutional1 the remainder of this 
,act 7or the application of that        
provision to other persons or           
circumstances7 shall not be affected4   
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agricultural land ,the term            
agricultural land has the meaning given 
the term in section #i of the           
,agricultural ,foreign ,investment      
,disclosure ,act of #aigh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#cejh74  7#b7 ,foreign purchaser ,the   
term foreign purchaser means-- 7,a7 a   
foreign person 7as defined in section #i
 of the ,agricultural ,foreign          
,investment ,disclosure ,act of #aigh   

7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #cejh772 and  7,b7 a      
,united ,states citizen who is a citizen
 of another country4