Moolenaar Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ban Chinese Land Purchases Near US Sensitive Sites

Under the proposed legislation, any land purchase by a foreign adversary near a sensitive U.S. site is a national security threat.

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), presides over a hearing in Washington on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) introduced a bipartisan bill on May 7 to transform how the federal government scrutinizes foreign land acquisitions, moving from a system of passive disclosure to one of active prevention.

“The Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act” seeks to secure American agricultural and technological interests by closing the legal gaps that currently allow adversarial entities to gain geographic proximity to critical infrastructure.