Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4577.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3477):
  The Foreign Commerce Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The Necessary and Proper Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: Expanding CFIUS jurisdiction to more real estate transactions and requiring and elevated standard of review for certain real estate transactions by foreign adversary entities near an expanded list of sensitive sites.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4577, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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