,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #begd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbe,mrs4 ,blackburn introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit certain persons 
from purchasing agricultural land in the
 ,united ,states1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,prohibition of     
,agricultural ,land for ,foreign        
,adversaries ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in
 this ,act3 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 ,covered person ,the term 
covered person means an individual or   
entity associated with the government   
of-- 7,a7 the ,democratic ,people's     
,republic of ,korea2  7,b7 the ,islamic 
,republic of ,iran2  7,c7 the ,people's 

,republic of ,china2 or  7,d7 the       
,russian ,federation4  7#c7 ,united     
,states ,the term ,united ,states       
includes any ,state1 territory1 or      
possession of the ,united ,states4  #c4 
,prohibition on purchase of agricultural
 land in the ,united ,states by persons 
associated with certain foreign         
governments  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,president shall take such     
actions as may be necessary to prohibit 
the purchase by covered persons of      
public or private agricultural land     
7including ranching land7 located in the
 ,united ,states4  7b7 ,implementation  
,the ,president may exercise all        
authorities provided under sections #bjc
 and #bje of the ,international         
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and #agjd7 to carry out 
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,penalties ,a      
person that violates1 attempts to       
violate1 conspires to violate1 or causes
 a violation of subsection 7a7 or any   

regulation1 license1 or order issued to 
carry out that subsection shall be      
subject to the penalties set forth in   
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf 
of the ,international ,emergency        
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agje7 to the same extent as a person   
that commits an unlawful act described  
in subsection 7a7 of that section4  #d4 
,prohibition on participation in        
,department of ,agriculture programs by 
persons associated with certain foreign 
governments  7a7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in subsection 7b71             
notwithstanding any other provision of  
the law1 the ,president shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to prohibit 
participation in ,department of         
,agriculture programs by covered        
persons4  7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection   
7a7 shall not apply to participation in 
any ,department of ,agriculture program 
relating to food inspection or any other
 food safety regulatory requirements4