Committee hears proposal to force designated foreign 'adversaries' to sell agricultural and mining land within 180 days

Representative Ted Hill, sponsor of RS 32‑510, told the House State Affairs Committee that the measure would require owners identified as designated foreign adversaries to sell agricultural land, mining claims or mineral rights within 180 days or face foreclosure.

"Sovereignty over food security and domestic mining claims and mineral rights is essential," Representative Ted Hill said, describing the bill as a national‑security measure. He said the proposal is intended to reduce the state’s economic vulnerabilities, naming seeds among specifically sensitive sectors.

The bill would exempt entities that hold a national‑security agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) as of a specified cutoff date; Hill said that carve‑out was added after earlier drafts. "Provisions . . . shall not apply to an entity that has national security agreement with the committee on foreign investment in the United States as of July 1," Hill said, reading from the revised sponsor substitute (RS). He described that waiver as a…