Sec. 3. Prohibition on purchase or lease of agricultural land in the United States by persons associated with certain foreign governments
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase or lease by covered persons of— public agricultural land that is owned by the United States and administered by the head of any Federal department or agency, including the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense; or private agricultural land located in the United States. The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (a).
A person that knowingly violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection
(a)or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections
(b)and
(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection
(a)of that section. Nothing in this section may be construed— to prohibit or otherwise affect the purchase or lease of public or private agricultural land described in subsection
(a)by any person other than a covered person; to prohibit or otherwise affect the use of public or private agricultural land described in subsection
(a)that is transferred to or acquired by a person other than a covered person from a covered person; or to require a covered person that owns or leases public or private agricultural land described in subsection
(a)as of the date of enactment of this Act to sell that land.
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Prohibition on purchase or lease of agricultural land in the United States by persons associated with certain foreign governments
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