{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-select-committee-ccp-crack-down-foreign-adversaries-land-purchases", "Johnson & Select Committee on CCP Crack Down on Foreign Adversaries\u2019 Land Purchases", "2023-07-12", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House Select Committee on the CCP introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act with the support of U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.). The bill would crack down on land purchases by foreign adversary entities, like the CCP, to protect America\u2019s military bases, food supply, and research facilities. It also allows the Secretary of Agriculture to vote in Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviews involving farmland or agriculture technology.\n\n\u201cFood security is national security\u2014the Secretary of Ag must have a seat at the table when it comes to CFIUS decisions,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cWe know China poses a significant threat to America in more ways than one. Allowing the CCP close access to our food supply and military is a major red flag.\u201d\n\nJohnson has long been an advocate for limiting CCP\u2019s purchases of American farmland. He currently cosponsors legislation to prohibit these purchases and to add the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS.\n\nBackground:\n\nCurrent CFIUS regulations do not prevent foreign adversaries from purchasing land near major military bases or defense-funded research centers. In 2022, CCP company Fufeng Group purchased land near the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, sparking national security concerns. Grand Forks was not included as a designated military installation that CFIUS had jurisdiction over. CFIUS also lacks jurisdiction over some purchases of U.S. farmland that could be exploited by the CCP to gain control over the U.S. food supply.\n\nThe Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act would:\n\nGive CFIUS jurisdiction over all non-urban, non-single \u201chousing unit\u201d land purchases by foreign adversary entities, similar to the fact set of the Fufeng Group\u2019s purchase of land.\n\nMandate CFIUS to consider U.S. food security, including via biotechnology acquisition, as a factor in its national security reviews and require the Secretary of Agriculture have a vote in CFIUS reviews of transactions that involve farmland or agriculture technology.\n\nEstablish a \u201cpresumption of non-resolvability\u201d by CFIUS and raise the approval threshold for CFIUS transactions by a foreign adversary entity purchasing near sensitive sites like major military sites, acknowledged intelligence facilities, etc.\n\nMandatory CFIUS filing for foreign adversary entities making land purchases near sensitive sites.\n\nRequire CFIUS to expand the list of sensitive national security sites to all military facilities, acknowledged intelligence sites, national laboratories, and defense-funded university-affiliated research centers; critical telecommunication nodes; etc.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-select-committee-ccp-crack-down-foreign-adversaries-land-purchases"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6898459978401661, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}