Two Senate Republicans introduced a bill to stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing American land, arguing that the practice poses a threat to national security.
Dubbed the Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act, Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) cited a 2020 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) saying that foreign individuals and entities held an interest in nearly 37.6 million acres of U.S. agricultural land.
Some 14 states have some laws restricting foreign ownership of land, they said. However, at the federal level, there are no restrictions regarding the private U.S. agricultural land that can be foreign-owned….