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Senate approves law requiring registration of foreign interests near military installations and curbs drone component sourcing
Summary
The Senate adopted the conference committee report on House substitute for Senate Bill 9, requiring registration of foreign principals from specified 'countries of concern' who own nonresidential property within 100 miles of military installations and limiting sourcing of drone replacement parts; final vote was 38–1.
The Kansas Senate adopted the conference committee report on House substitute for Senate Bill 9, the Kansas Land and Military Installation Protection Act. The measure requires foreign principals from listed "countries of concern" to register an interest in nonresidential real property located within 100 miles of the boundary of any military installation in Kansas and restricts replacement sourcing for government-owned drones that include components from those countries.
Sponsor remarks described the bill as a response to national-security concerns. "If you…
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