,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hijf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjbf,mr4  
,roy introduced the following bill2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
prohibit the purchase of ,american      
,housing supply by ,foreign ,countries1 
,adversaries1 and ,entities of ,concern 
and to require the divestiture of       
existing housing ownership4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ban ,chinese ,communist and ,islamist  
,home ,ownership ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition
 on ,hostile ,foreign ,purchase and     
,ownership of ,housing  7a7 ,bans on    
purchases ,beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act1 any covered     
person may not purchase housing in the  
,united ,states4  7b7 ,enforcement      
,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 and

 ensure divestment of housing located in
 the ,united ,states by a covered       
person4  7c7 ,forced divestiture ,not   
later than #b years after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 any covered     
person shall--  7#a7 divest from any    
housing held by such covered person in  
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 sell such
 housing to a citizen or corporation of 
the ,united ,states4  7d7 ,definitions  
,for the purposes of this section3 7#a7 
,covered person ,the term covered person
 means--  7,a7 an individual that is a  
citizen of a foreign country of concern1
 who is not also a citizen of the       
,united ,states2  7,b7 a corporation    
with any ownership stake by such        
individual2  7,c7 a foreign entity of   
concern1 including corporations with any
 ownership stake by a foreign entity of 
concern2 and  7,d7 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 
terrorism2  7#b7  ,foreign adversary    
,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 persons4  7#c7 ,foreign country 
of concern ,the term ,foreign ,country  
of ,concern has the meaning given to it 
in ,section #ajfab7;a77#a7 of the       
,,chips and ,science ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #aibba74  7#d7 ,foreign entity of      
concern ,the term ,foreign ,entity of   
,concern has the meaning given to it in 
,section #ajfab7;a77#b7 of the ,,chips  
and ,science ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4        
#aibba74  7#e7 ,housing ,the term       
housing means a structure or portion of 
a structure1 that is designed or used   
for human habitation and provides living
 facilities for at least one person4    

7#f7 ,state sponsor of terrorism ,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 
law4  7#g7 ,united states ,the term     
,united ,states 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  #c ,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