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New Senate bill fixes flaws in fed’s system to block Chinese land purchases near military bases
NY Post ^ | 06/18/2025 | Ryan King and Josh Christenson

Posted on 06/18/2025 8:39:31 AM PDT by DFG

Three years ago, the Chinese took advantage of a defect in US protocols to block land purchases near American military bases and almost acquired terrain near Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.

Now, Senate Banking Committee Republicans are championing a new bill titled the “Protect Our Bases Act,” which is intended to patch up that protocol glitch to ensure the Chinese can’t acquire land near sensitive US installations.

“The Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to infiltrate and surveil all parts of the US national security apparatus requires vigilance from our national security agencies,” Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC), who is introducing the bill, told The Post.

“This legislation will enhance the review of foreign real estate transactions near critical national security installations, helping ensure CFIUS [the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] has the information it needs to protect our homeland and keep our nation safe.”

It’s being co-sponsored by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Kennedy (R-La.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio).

The bill comes weeks after Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web, in which Kyiv is said to have deployed some 117 drones in bases deep within Russian territory and detonated on dozens of aircraft, destroying at least 20 of them.

That breakthrough military operation set off alarm bells for militaries around the world over the potential vulnerabilities of bases to drone strikes. China is widely seen as the global leader in drone production.

While the US has existing procedures intended to block Chinese land purchases near critical military outposts, a flaw in the system was nearly exploited in 2022.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 06/18/2025 8:39:31 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Prohibit ALL non-citizens from purchasing US land.


2 posted on 06/18/2025 8:44:58 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Time to dump out the Treasury drawer and throw out all the junk that is wasting our money.)
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To: DFG
AND EVICT, DEPORT, REMOVE ALL Chinese nationals and illegals currently residing in the United States INCLUDING so-called "students" who are here to STEAL our research/technology, HACK, surveil our critical infrastructure systems for the purpose of sabotaging them, run SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE OPERATIONS/PSYOPS, etc., for their CCP MOTHERSHIP.

If these spies/saboteurs are allowed to STAY, Golden Dome will be USELESS during any U.S. war involving China.

3 posted on 06/18/2025 8:48:21 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
> AND EVICT, DEPORT, REMOVE ALL Chinese nationals and illegals currently residing in the United States

Absolutely, as per the CCP, they are all sleeper enemey espionage agents.

4 posted on 06/18/2025 8:52:20 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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To: DFG

Good. That DemonRAT slob running Arizona is trying to sell the state to the Red Chinese.


5 posted on 06/18/2025 8:55:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

EXACTLY


6 posted on 06/18/2025 9:12:43 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Prohibit ALL non-citizens from purchasing US land.

That is certainly pointed in the correct direction.

Just off the top, perhaps no entities other than individuals may purchase or have an interest in the property, and ownership is subject to reasonably prompt acquisition of citizenship. Property to revert to local taxing authority at fair market value in the event of failure to timely acquire citizenship.

7 posted on 06/18/2025 9:21:46 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Can a free society be crushed by human predators? Yes, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I’m in agreement with not allowing foreign nations to buy land, especially those that are anti American.


8 posted on 06/18/2025 9:24:34 AM PDT by Ronald77
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To: Ronald77

Don’t deport them. Disappear them without a word about it.


9 posted on 06/18/2025 9:34:37 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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To: DFG

CCP should own nothing in the USA!!!!!!

Take the pork packer away from China interests and sell it to Americans and give them whatever is received.

Keep out China!


10 posted on 06/18/2025 9:50:56 AM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rulsh!!!!!)
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To: ABStrauss

how about foreigners own NOTHING in america like most other countries do?

The globalist open border free traitors would not like that so we have to continue to sell out our country....


11 posted on 06/18/2025 9:52:24 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yeah.... like Mexico does!


12 posted on 06/18/2025 9:53:08 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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To: DFG

Flaws they created to begin with.


13 posted on 06/18/2025 10:08:54 AM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus
Flaws they created to begin with.

Bears repeating. It warms my heart that your they correctly omits the D or R jersey. Sellouts are sellouts, doesn't matter how they cloak themselves.

14 posted on 06/18/2025 10:16:36 AM PDT by Kudsman (I am Coal baby! Burning for you. )
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To: SecondAmendment
Usually I'm last to criticize Trump, but I wish he would wake up as to the mortal danger Chinese students pose to our national security.

They cost us TRILLION$ because their THEFT of our technology UNNECESSARILY ESCALATES the weapons race.

15 posted on 06/18/2025 11:37:10 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Exactly.

Did we allow nazi Germany to buy property?


16 posted on 06/18/2025 11:51:52 AM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: DFG

117 drones in bases deep within Russian territory and detonated on dozens of aircraft, destroying at least 20 of them.

The DUH senate NOW thinks it’s a good time to do something about land sales.


17 posted on 06/18/2025 12:03:40 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: DFG

If they did not prohibit any purchase of American lands by the Chinese in any case, they have not fixed anything!


18 posted on 06/18/2025 1:07:30 PM PDT by Bosco127 (Bosco)
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To: DFG

Blocking future purchases. What about the past ones?


19 posted on 06/18/2025 3:35:38 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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