On July 24, 2025, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) introduced the “Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act” (H.R. 840), a hard-hitting House bill to block Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked entities from purchasing U.S. farmland and residential properties, including homes, condos, and land zoned for housing development.
The legislation, a companion to Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) Senate bill, responds to growing alarm over Beijing’s grip on American agriculture, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting Chinese entities own roughly 265,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land.
