H.R. 917 118th Congress House

Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act

Official title: 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 air… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: May 5, 2023 See on congress.gov

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Energy storage, supplies, demandEuropeForeign propertyGovernment studies and investigationsIranMiddle EastMilitary education and trainingMilitary facilities and propertyMilitary operations and strategyNorth KoreaRussiaU.S. and foreign investments

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 17, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Feb 10, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Feb 9, 2023

Introduced in House

Feb 9, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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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Latest action February 17, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act

This bill places restrictions on the purchase of certain property by a foreign person who is owned or controlled by, is acting for or on behalf of, or receives subsidies from Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea.

Specifically, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States must review a purchase or lease by, or a concession to, any such foreign person of private or public real estate in the United States that is within (1) 100 miles of a military installation; or (2) 50 miles of a military training route, special use airspace, a controlled firing area, or a military operations area.

Further, the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation may not issue final determinations regarding specified projects (e.g., energy projects) that involve a transaction under review by the committee until the committee concludes its action.

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Committees of jurisdiction 7

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 8

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Apr 20, 2024

Donalds, Byron

Florida · May 22, 2023

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · May 5, 2023

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 917: Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-917/

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"H.R. 917: Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-917/.

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H.R. 917, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-917/.

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