Introduce and support legislation to block foreign adversaries, including China, from purchasing American farmland, military-adjacent land, and other sensitive sites.

Dusty Johnson · South Dakota · Republican

policy impact 4.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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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.

Johnson is sponsoring legislation to restrict foreign adversary purchases of farmland and other sensitive U.S. property near military facilities and critical infrastructure.

Johnson Continues Efforts to Protect American Agriculture from China | Representative Dusty Johnson
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

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.

Johnson backed legislation aimed at restricting foreign adversaries from buying sensitive U.S. land and infrastructure.

Representative Dusty Johnson |
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record confirms Johnson supported the relevant legislation as a cosponsor in the current Congress.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 8700 (IH) - Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson publicly claimed participation in introducing a bill directly matching the promise: blocking foreign adversaries, including China, from acquiring farmland and sensitive sites.

delivered same_term A for effort

Johnson Continues Efforts to Protect American Agriculture from China | Representative Dusty Johnson
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%