National File by Cullen McCue
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) have introduced a bill that would prevent members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from buying land in the United States. The bill would also set penalties for foreign purchases that do not comply with federal reporting requirements.
The Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act was drafted in response to a 2020 report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggesting that “foreign persons held an interest in nearly 37.6 million acres of U.S. agricultural land.”
