The bill returns excess federal land to Guam landowners and adds transparency and national-security screening for future foreign sales, trading faster property restitution and security safeguards for administrative burdens and limits on selling to foreign buyers that could slow transactions or lower sale prices.
Original Guam landowners and their heirs can regain excess real property held by the U.S. government, restoring private property rights and returning land to individuals and families.
Residents and local officials in Guam will have a clear, time-bound (180‑day) transfer process and reporting requirement, improving transparency and administrative clarity for property claims.
Taxpayers and national-security stakeholders gain oversight because sales of restored property to foreign non‑heirs will be subject to CFIUS review, reducing the risk of foreign acquisition of sensitive land.
Guam landowners who receive restored property will face additional restrictions and delays when selling to non‑heir foreign buyers due to mandatory CFIUS review, limiting how quickly and freely they can transact.
CFIUS review may deter foreign buyers or reduce offers for restored parcels, lowering potential sale proceeds and reducing foreign investment interest in affected properties.
The Government of Guam must implement and report the transfer process within 180 days, creating administrative burden, short‑term costs, and staff time pressures for local government.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Allows Guam to return excess federal land to original owners/heirs, requires Guam to set a transfer process and report, and makes later foreign purchases subject to CFIUS review.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by James Moylan · Last progress February 25, 2026
Allows the Government of Guam to return federally transferred excess real property to the original owner or their heirs if Guam adopts a transfer process and reports that process to Congress within 180 days. If a later sale of that restored property is made to a foreign person (other than an heir), the purchase is treated as a covered transaction and must undergo review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).