Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson ... introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to protect American farmland, military facilities, and critical infrastructure from malign attempts to control American land by foreign adversaries like China.
Introduce and support legislation to block foreign adversaries, including China, from purchasing American farmland, military-adjacent land, and other sensitive sites.
Occurrences
U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and members of the Select Committee on China introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to protect American farmland, military facilities, and critical infrastructure from malign attempts to control American land by foreign adversaries like China.
Evidence
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8700 in the 119th Congress, introduced May 7, 2026, with Dusty Johnson of South Dakota among the cosponsors. The full title says the bill would protect U.S. food security, expand CFIUS jurisdiction over land purchases, impose special guards against foreign adversary purchases near sensitive sites, and expand the definition of sensitive sites.
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Johnson's office announced that Johnson and Select Committee on China members introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to protect American farmland, military facilities, and critical infrastructure from foreign adversaries like China. The release says the bill grants CFIUS jurisdiction over foreign adversary real estate purchases and creates a presumption against foreign adversary purchases of farmland and critical infrastructure.
Assessments
Johnson materially supported legislation directly matching the promise during his current federal term. H.R. 8700, introduced May 7, 2026, addresses foreign adversary purchases of U.S. farmland, military-adjacent land, critical infrastructure, and sensitive sites, with China specifically identified in Johnson's announcement. Because the promise was to introduce and support legislation, not necessarily enact it, cosponsorship and public advancement satisfy the pledged action.