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Committee considers bill requiring affidavits for land purchases or leases near select defense and critical facilities
Summary
Sen. Regina Birdsell introduced Senate Bill 162 on Feb. 11, proposing that buyers or lessees within 10 miles of specified defense and critical facilities file an affidavit confirming they are not agents of listed foreign adversaries.
Sen. Regina Birdsell introduced Senate Bill 162 on Feb. 11, proposing a targeted restriction on foreign purchases or leases of land near New Hampshire defense and critical infrastructure. The bill would require a purchaser or lessee within 10 miles of designated facilities — including New Boston Space Force Station and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard — to file an affidavit with the attorney general attesting that the buyer is not a foreign principal or an agent of a listed adversary nation.
Birdsell told the committee the measure is a narrowed successor to broader legislation considered last year; she said the new version reflects study-committee input and is limited to a small set of facilities identified as potential national-security…
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