by ADC | Mar 12, 2025 | Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, On Base
RFP for Gap Analysis Study in Maryland The Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Military and Federal Affairs is seeking consultants to support a gap analysis study. The successful contractor will “identify and evaluate and evaluate OMFA’s current strategy,...
by ADC | Feb 20, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Foreign Investment, On Base
A bill by Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) would withhold federal funding from several programs to states that don’t enact laws to stop foreign adversaries from buying farmland near military installations. “Americans should own American land, not foreign adversaries,”...
by ADC | Feb 3, 2025 | Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, On Base
Air Force Says Preliminary Results Show No Higher Cancer Risk Near Missiles The Air Force has not found a higher rate of cancer among missileers and other service members who worked for decades near missile sites, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported. The Air...
by ADC | Jan 24, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Foreign Investment, On Base
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has reintroduced a bill limiting foreign real estate investment near bases, as Army Times reported. The legislation stalled last year. “Foreign adversaries are exploiting loopholes to acquire land near our military bases and training routes,...
by ADC | Nov 25, 2024 | Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, On Base
Mass. Base Preps for F-35 Community members and Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts leaders recently cut the ribbon on its new Minutemen Gate, a major infrastructure update as the 104th Fighter Wing prepares to take on F-35 aircraft, according to a DVIDS...
by ADC | Jul 11, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Foreign Investment, On Base
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) would review potential land purchases by foreigners near more than 50 additional military sites across 30 states, under a proposed Treasury Department rule published this week, as AP and The Hill...
by ADC | May 15, 2024 | Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
President Biden signed an order to block a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, AP reported. The order was in coordination with the multi-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States....
by ADC | May 14, 2024 | Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, On Base
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed legislation that would have limited foreign investor ownership of land near military installations, WIBW reported. Kelly cited constitutional concerns with some of the bill’s provisions. “If the legislature is serious about...
by ADC | Mar 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit, Foreign Investment, On Base
The fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill signed into law over the weekend ordered further examination of foreign investors’ potential land purchases near military sites. Based on language attached to the spending bill, DOD now has six months to send Congress a...
