House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
Official title: To prohibit the acquisition and ownership of agricultural land and residential real property by certain foreign entities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Miller R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4706.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3649):Article I of Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark Harris (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Robert Onder (R-MO), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller.
- H.R. 7726 (119th) Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026
- H.R. 9360 (119th) Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
- H.R. 7661 (119th) Stop the Sexualization of Children Act
- H.R. 4986 (119th) Parents Opt-in Protection Act
- H.R. 9608 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act
- H.R. 2870 (119th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.