Shenango Valley News

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) joined Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, to introduce the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the CCP from purchasing land adjacent to federally owned land.

"Make no mistake: China continues to find unique ways to provoke and threaten the United States. We must take action to protect our Nation's most critical and vulnerable assets. I am proud to join Rep. Newhouse and my colleagues on this critical legislation," said Rep. Kelly. "The CCP now owns hundreds of thousands of acres of American farmland, a number that has risen dramatically in recent years. It's vital that we defend our federal lands from one of our biggest adversaries."

“The Chinese Communist Party is at our doorstep, and we best not let them in,” said Rep. Newhouse. "I have been closely watching the rise in cases of the CCP’s attempts at undermining our institutions. From spying on sensitive national security sites to buying up American farmland, it is clear we are vulnerable to their malicious efforts. This bill strengthens our domestic defenses and protects critical federal lands against these foreign actors that aim to deepen their already dangerous influence on the world stage.”

“There is no world in which the Chinese Communist Party would allow Americans to buy vast swaths of farmland next to its military bases. We need to protect our farmland and ensure our largest adversary cannot own land near sensitive U.S. military bases. Thank you to Congressman Newhouse for his leadership on this issue and the work he has done to introduce this legislation,” said Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar.

This bill would prohibit any agent of the CCP or any business owned by the CCP from purchasing land adjacent to federal land in the U.S., protecting military installations, national labs, and land with critical resources from being purchased by a major adversary.

Kelly joins more than 30 House Republicans on this legislation.

Full bill text can be found here.