[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7673 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7673

    To amend the Organic Act of Guam to provide an exception to the 
 ``public purpose'' requirement for certain land transfers in the case 
 of a transfer restoring such land to the original landowner or heirs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2026

  Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Organic Act of Guam to provide an exception to the 
 ``public purpose'' requirement for certain land transfers in the case 
 of a transfer restoring such land to the original landowner or heirs, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RESTORING PRIVATE LAND OWNERSHIP.

    (a) Transfer of Land Ownership.--Section 1 of the Act of November 
13, 2000, entitled ``An Act to amend the Organic Act of Guam, and for 
other purposes'' (Public Law 106-504; 40 U.S.C. 521 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Transfer for Restoration of Ownership.--The `public purpose' 
requirement under subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to any 
transfer of excess real property that the Government of Guam shall 
subsequently transfer to the original landowner or to the heirs of such 
person.''.
    (b) Oversight.--Not more than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Government of Guam shall--
            (1) establish a process to transfer excess real property 
        described in subsection (g) of section 1 of the Act of November 
        13, 2000, as added by subsection (a) of this section; and
            (2) transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing such 
        process.
    (c) National Security Review.--With respect to any excess real 
property received by an individual under subsection (g) of section 1 of 
the Act of November 13, 2000, as added by subsection (a) of this 
section--
            (1) any sale of such property by that individual to a 
        foreign person, other than such a person that is an heir of 
        such original landowner, is a covered transaction for purposes 
        of section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
        4565); and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
        States shall initiate a review of such transaction under 
        section 721(b)(1)(A) of such Act.
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