H.R. 2754

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 9, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Arrington

H.R. 2754

SEC. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2025.

SEC. 2. Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States of real estate purchases or leases near military installations or military airspace

(a) Inclusion in definition of covered transaction
- Section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 () is amended— 50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)
  - in subparagraph (A)—
  - in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following:
(b) Mandatory unilateral initiation of reviews
- Section 721(b)(1)(D) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 () is amended— 50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)(D)
  - in clause (iii), by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) as items (aa), (bb), and (cc), respectively, and by moving such items, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;
  - by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;
  - by striking and inserting the following:
    - (i) Subject to
    - (ii) The Committee shall initiate a review under subparagraph (A) of a covered transaction described in subsection (a)(4)(B)(vi).
  - by adding at the end the following:
(c) Certifications to Congress
- Section 721(b)(3)(C)(iii) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 () is amended— 50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(3)(C)(iii)
  - in subclause (IV), by striking and inserting a semicolon;
  - in subclause (V), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
    - with respect to covered transactions described in subsection (a)(4)(B)(vi), to the Members of the Senate from the State in which the military installation, military training route, special use airspace, controlled firing area, or military operations area is located, and the Member of the House of Representatives from the Congressional District in which such installation, route, airspace, or area is located.
  - by adding at the end the following:

(a) Review by Secretary of Defense
- Section 183a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
  - by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
    - (f) Special rule relating to review by Committee on Foreign Investment of the United States
      - If, during the period during which the Department of Defense is reviewing an application for an energy project filed with the Secretary of Transportation under section 44718 of title 49, the purchase, lease, or concession of real property on which the project is planned to be located is under review or investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States under section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (), the Secretary of Defense— 50 U.S.C. 4565
        
        may not complete review of the project until the Committee concludes action under such section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, or concession; and
        
        shall notify the Secretary of Transportation of the delay.
      - If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States determines that the purchase, lease, or concession of real property on which an energy project described in paragraph (1) is planned to be located threatens to impair the national security of the United States and refers the purchase, lease, or concession to the President for further action under section 721(d) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (), the Secretary of Defense shall— 50 U.S.C. 4565(d)
        
        find under subsection (e)(1) that the project would result in an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States; and
        
        transmit that finding to the Secretary of Transportation for inclusion in the report required under section 44718(b)(2) of title 49.
  - by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
(b) Review by Secretary of Transportation
- Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
  - by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
    - (h) Special rule relating to review by Committee on Foreign Investment of the United States
      - The Secretary of Transportation may not issue a determination pursuant to this section with respect to a proposed structure to be located on real property the purchase, lease, or concession of which is under review or investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States under section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 () until— 50 U.S.C. 4565
        
        the Committee concludes action under such section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, or concession; and
        
        the Secretary of Defense—
        
        issues a finding under section 183a(e) of title 10; or
        
        advises the Secretary of Transportation that no finding under section 183a(e) of title 10 will be forthcoming.
  - by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: