Georgia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Land Acquisition by ‘Foreign Adversaries’

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a set of bills into law on Tuesday aimed at supporting the state’s agricultural industry, including a bill prohibiting “foreign adversaries” from buying farmland near military installations. The bill, dubbed SB420, will ban “nonresident aliens” acting as agents of China or other foreign adversaries from acquiring farmland or non-residential land within a 10-mile radius of a military base. “We cannot allow foreign adversaries to control something as critical to our survival as our food supply,” Mr. Kemp said during a signing ceremony of the legislation. “Rest assured, Georgia will do everything in our power to prevent bad actors from threatening our national security,” he added....