Feenstra Helps Introduce Legislation to Ban Chinese Communist Party from Buying American Farmland

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce, alongside U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), the Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act. This legislation strictly prohibits any person or entity associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing American farmland.

“China must be banned from buying our farmland because American farmland belongs to American farmers,” said Rep. Feenstra. “I am proud to work with my Republican colleagues to prevent malign foreign interests from infiltrating rural America and threatening our national, economic, and food security. As a strong voice for our farmers, producers, and agricultural community in Congress, I will continue to do everything in my power to protect our rural way of life and keep China far away from our farmland.”

More specifically, the Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act would direct the President of the United States to exercise any action necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private agricultural land in the U.S. by foreign individuals or entities tied to the CCP.

You can find the bill text HERE.

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