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House approves restrictions on foreign land purchases near military sites and curbs drone purchases
Summary
The House passed a substitute for Senate Bill 9 limiting certain foreign interests in real estate near military installations, requiring registration, and restricting state procurement of drones and drone parts from listed countries of concern.
Representative Turk, carrying the House substitute for Senate Bill 9, said the bill is intended to protect strategic infrastructure and lands near military installations by restricting ownership and state procurement from certain "countries of concern." Turk cited the listed countries in the text as the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela.
Key provisions described on the floor require foreign principals from those countries to register interests in real estate within 100 miles of a military installation with the Kansas attorney general within 90 days and provide for judicial divestiture where…
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