HR8693-118

Introduced

To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 11, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Environment, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4D56C8D235B042AD866384FC76A349CB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No American Land for Communist China Act.
  • Section H85AA1A720C764E42B315116A01C2EF65: 2. Prohibition on the purchase of real estate located adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States by nationals of the People’s Republic of China...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Environment, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Environment Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 11, 2024

Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Bergman, …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Environment Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"United States" §H85AA1A720C764E42B315116A01C2EF65

the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States

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