Military Perimeter Transparency Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3936 To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military department to monitor real property ownership and occupancy in the vicinity of United States military instal- lations inside and outside of the United States to identify instances of ownership or occupancy by a foreign adversary. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 16, 2021 Mr. GREEN of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec- retary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military department to monitor real property ownership and occu- pancy in the vicinity of United States military installa- tions inside and outside of the United States to identify instances of ownership or occupancy by a foreign adver- sary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Perimeter 4 Transparency Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:59 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3936.IH H3936 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3936 IH SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MONITORING OF REAL 1 PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND OCCUPANCY IN 2 VICINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO 3 IDENTIFY FOREIGN ADVERSARY OWNERSHIP 4 OR OCCUPANCY. 5 Section 2661 of title 10, United States Code, is 6 amended— 7 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub- 8 section (e); and 9 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol- 10 lowing new subsection (d): 11 ‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY 12 OWNERSHIP OR OCCUPANCY OF REAL PROPERTY IN VI- 13 CINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—(1) The Secretary 14 of Defense and each Secretary of a military department 15 shall monitor real property ownership and occupancy in 16 the vicinity of military installations under the jurisdiction 17 of the Secretary concerned inside and outside of the 18 United States to identify instances in which a foreign ad- 19 versary owns or occupies, or the Secretary concerned de- 20 termines a foreign adversary is seeking to own or occupy, 21 real property in the vicinity of a military installation. 22 ‘‘(2) Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary 23 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the 24 military departments, shall submit to the Committees on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:59 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3936.IH H3936 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3936 IH Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent- 1 atives a report containing the following: 2 ‘‘(A) A description of all real property in the vi- 3 cinity of military installations that the Secretary 4 concerned— 5 ‘‘(i) has identified under paragraph (1) as 6 owned or occupied by a foreign adversary; or 7 ‘‘(ii) has determined under paragraph (1) 8 that a foreign adversary is seeking to own or 9 occupy. 10 ‘‘(B) Changes in foreign adversary ownership or 11 occupancy of real property in the vicinity of military 12 installations since the previous report. 13 ‘‘(C) Recommendations regarding the appro- 14 priate response to such foreign adversary ownership 15 or occupancy of real property in the vicinity of mili- 16 tary installations. 17 ‘‘(3) A report under paragraph (2) shall be submitted 18 in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex 19 as necessary. 20 ‘‘(4) In this section: 21 ‘‘(A) The term ‘foreign adversary’ has the 22 meaning given that term in section 8(c)(2) of the 23 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 24 of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)). The term includes 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:59 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3936.IH H3936 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3936 IH agents of, and partnerships and corporations includ- 1 ing, a foreign adversary. 2 ‘‘(B) The term ‘military installation’ does not 3 include a contingency overseas military location de- 4 scribed in section 2687a(a)(3)(A)(iii) of this title. 5 ‘‘(C) The term ‘vicinity’, with respect to prox- 6 imity to a military installation, means— 7 ‘‘(i) real property adjacent to the boundary 8 of a military installation; and 9 ‘‘(ii) real property any part of which is lo- 10 cated within 10 miles of the boundary of a mili- 11 tary installation.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:59 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3936.IH H3936 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS