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.
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Prohibit ALL non-citizens from purchasing US land.
If these spies/saboteurs are allowed to STAY, Golden Dome will be USELESS during any U.S. war involving China.
Absolutely, as per the CCP, they are all sleeper enemey espionage agents.
Good. That DemonRAT slob running Arizona is trying to sell the state to the Red Chinese.
EXACTLY
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.
I’m in agreement with not allowing foreign nations to buy land, especially those that are anti American.
Don’t deport them. Disappear them without a word about it.
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!
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....
Yeah.... like Mexico does!
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.
They cost us TRILLION$ because their THEFT of our technology UNNECESSARILY ESCALATES the weapons race.
Exactly.
Did we allow nazi Germany to buy property?
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.
If they did not prohibit any purchase of American lands by the Chinese in any case, they have not fixed anything!
Blocking future purchases. What about the past ones?
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