SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns. The bill in question was approved Thursday by a 31-5 vote.

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of

SC Senate OKs bill barring ‘foreign adversary’ land holdings

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state, an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns. The measure approved Thursday by a 31-5 vote would apply to citizens of so-called adversarial countries on a U.S. Department of Commerce list that currently includes Chi…

South Carolina OKs bill barring ‘foreign adversary’ land holdings

The bill is among numerous measures taken after a suspected Chinese spy balloon floated over the US.