Newhouse Introduces Legislation Blocking the Chinese Communist Party From Purchasing American Land

Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), introduced the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the CCP from purchasing land adjacent to federally owned land.

“The Chinese Communist Party is at our doorstep, and we best not let them in,” said Rep. Newhouse.

“I have been closely watching the rise in cases of the CCP’s attempts at undermining our institutions. From spying on sensitive national security sites to buying up American farmland, it is clear we are vulnerable to their malicious efforts. This bill strengthens our domestic defenses and protects critical federal lands against these foreign actors that aim to deepen their already dangerous influence on the world stage.”

The bill currently has 33 cosponsors, including the Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP.

“There is no world in which the Chinese Communist Party would allow Americans to buy vast swaths of farmland next to its military bases. We need to protect our farmland and ensure our largest adversary cannot own land near sensitive U.S. military bases. Thank-you to Congressman Newhouse for his leadership on this issue and the work he has done to introduce this legislation,” said Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar.

The other cosponsors of the bill are Reps. Kelly Armstrong (ND-AL), Jake Ellzey (TX-06), Jack Bergman (MI-01), Carol Miller (WV-01), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Jerry Carl (AL-01), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), David Valadao (CA-22), Mike Flood (NE-01), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Mike Kelley (PA-16), Cory Mills (FL-07), Ryan Zinke (MT-01), Darin LaHood (IL-16), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Jim Baird (IN-04), Jody Arrington (TX-19), Lori Chavez-Deremer (OR-05), Claudi Tenney (NY-04), Troy Balderson (OH-12), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Tim Burchett (TN-02), Clay Higgins (LA-03), John Duarte (CA-13), Randy Weber (TX-14), Chris Smith (NJ-04), Pat Fallon (TX-04), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Mike Collins (GA-10), and Rick Allen (GA-12).

This bill would prohibit any agent of the CCP, or any business owned by the CCP, from purchasing land adjacent to federal land in the U.S. This protects our military installations, national labs, and land with critical resources from being purchased by our greatest adversary.

Full bill text can be found here.

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