H.R. 7074

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7074

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of 
the Interior on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 14, 2026

Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Hinson, 
and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned

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A BILL

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of 
the Interior on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Public Lands Out of 
Adversarial Hands Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ON THE COMMITTEE ON 
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND CONSIDERATION 
OF CERTAIN LAND OR RESOURCE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Inclusion on the Committee.--Section 721(k) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
``(8) Inclusion of the secretary of the interior.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall be a member of the Committee 
with respect to a covered transaction that involves land or 
resources adjacent to land or sites owned or managed by--
``(A) the Bureau of Land Management;
``(B) the Bureau of Reclamation;
``(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
``(D) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management;
``(E) the National Park Service; and
``(F) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service.''.
(b) Consideration of Certain Land or Resource Transactions.--
Section 721(b)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(I) Consideration of certain land or resource 
transactions.--
``(i) In general.--After receiving 
notification from the Secretary of the Interior 
of a reportable land or resource transaction, 
the Committee shall determine--
``(I) whether the transaction is a 
covered transaction; and
``(II) if the Committee determines 
that the transaction is a covered 
transaction, whether the Committee 
should initiate a review pursuant to 
subparagraph (D), or take another 
action authorized under this section, 
with respect to the reportable land or 
resource transaction.
``(ii) Reportable land or resource 
transaction.--In this subparagraph, the term 
`reportable land or resource transaction' means 
a transaction--
``(I) that the Secretary of the 
Interior has reason to believe is a 
covered transaction; and
``(II) that involves the 
acquisition of an interest in land or 
resource by a foreign person of the 
People's Republic of China, the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 
the Russian Federation, or the Islamic 
Republic of Iran.
``(iii) Sunset.--The requirements under 
this subparagraph shall terminate, with respect 
to a foreign person of the respective foreign 
country, on the date that the People's Republic 
of China, the Democratic People's Republic of 
Korea, the Russian Federation, or the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, as the case may be, is 
removed from the list of foreign adversaries in 
section 791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations.''.
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