House votes to limit foreign ownership of US ag land

From agriculture.com

The Republican-controlled House swept aside Democratic objections to pass a just-written bill on Sept. 11 to restrict the purchase of agricultural land by citizens of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. “It is the beginning of the effort to keep our greatest adversaries from being able to purchase any American farmland, because the way I see it, a group like the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] that has made it their goal to cripple the United States has no business having a hand in our supply chains and critical lands,” said sponsor Rep. Dan Newhouse. Read the rest of the article here.