Bipartisan Group of Senators Push to Ban China From Buying US Farmland

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a proposal on March 22 that would ban foreign adversaries, including China-controlled entities, from purchasing U.S. farmland.
Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Tester (D-Mont.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) say their collective objective for the legislation is to address national security concerns—food security and China’s threat to the U.S. military and economic power—related to Chinese farmland ownership in the United States.
If enacted, the ban also would apply to agricultural land leases, regardless of the lease duration. The prohibition covers any person or entity “owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary,” defined as Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia, the senators said in a statement. The ban excludes U.S. citizens and green card holders….}