HB 3340
Requires the Attorney General to adopt and maintain a list of foreign adversaries who are ineligible to receive conveyances of farm or forest lands.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans
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Bill overview
This bill establishes a process for preventing foreign adversaries from acquiring farmland or forest land in Oregon. The Attorney General will create and maintain a list of these adversaries, and any conveyance of property to someone on that list will be void. The State Department of Agriculture will annually report on foreign ownership of agricultural land, providing data and analysis to the Governor and the legislature. Conveyances to listed foreign adversaries are also void, and individuals attempting to profit from such transactions are barred from doing so.
Key provisions
- The Attorney General will create and maintain a list of foreign adversaries ineligible to acquire farmland or forest land.
- Conveyances of farm or forest land to listed foreign adversaries are void.
- The State Department of Agriculture will produce an annual report on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
- The report will include data on the amount of land owned, trends in ownership, and the uses of that land.
- The Attorney General can take action to nullify instruments made void by the bill.
- Individuals attempting to profit from void conveyances are barred from doing so.
- The list of foreign adversaries will be based on criteria including listings by the Secretary of Commerce, restrictions on defense trade, and inclusion on Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals list.
- Appeals can be filed challenging inclusion on the list.
Who is affected
- Foreign adversaries of the United States
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