{"id":1593346,"date":"2022-08-07T15:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T19:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1593346"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T19:03:31","slug":"senators-introduce-bill-to-stop-chinese-communist-party-from-buying-american-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-introduce-bill-to-stop-chinese-communist-party-from-buying-american-farmland\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Chinese Communist Party From Buying American Farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-introduce-bill-to-stop-chinese-communist-party-from-buying-american-farmland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1593346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two Senate Republicans introduced a bill to stop the Chinese Communist Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp\">CCP<\/a>) from purchasing American land, arguing that the practice poses a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the\u00a0Securing America\u2019s Land from Foreign Interference Act, Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) cited a 2020 report from the\u00a0U.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.<\/p>\n<p>Some 14 states have some laws restricting foreign ownership of land, they said. However, at the federal level, there are no restrictions\u00a0regarding the private U.S. agricultural land that can be foreign-owned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese investments in American farmland put our food security at risk and provide opportunities for Chinese espionage against our military bases and critical infrastructure. Instead of allowing these purchases, the U.S. government must bar the Communist Party from purchasing our land,\u201d Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cotton-tuberville-introduce-bill-to-prohibit-the-chinese-communist-party-from-purchasing-american-land\">said<\/a> in a statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>The CCP\u2019s purchases of U.S. farmland, Turberville argued, said is tantamount to \u201cgiving our top adversary a foot in the door to purchase land in the United States and undermine our national security,\u201d adding, \u201cI hope my colleagues will recognize the importance of our bill and join the effort to prohibit Chinese Communist Party involvement in America\u2019s agriculture industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both senators noted that U.S. farmers are rapidly aging, with about a third being over the age of 65. That means millions of acres of American farmland may be up for sale in the near future, the senators added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-corn-mill-near-us-air-force-base-may-carry-national-security-implications-senators_4604081.html\">Controversy erupted<\/a> earlier this year as a CCP-linked agribusiness company purchased farmland in North Dakota, which is located within close proximity to a U.S. military base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis property is approximately 12 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, which has led to concern that Fufeng operations could provide cover for PRC [the People\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0Securing America\u2019s Land from Foreign Interference Act, Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) cited a 2020 report from the\u00a0U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) saying that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1593346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1593346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}