Lawmaker Proposes Adding Interior Department to CFIUS
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., introduced a bill Jan. 14 that would add the Interior Department to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review transactions involving land next to sites owned or managed by the agency and help identify potential national security threats to valuable natural resources.
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Newhouse said U.S. “adversaries” such as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea "have no business owning these lands, and we need to seize every opportunity to ensure they never do."
The Keeping Public Lands Out of Adversarial Hands Act was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.