Critical Infrastructure Security Act
Sponsored By: Representative Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced
Summary
Expands CFIUS review to cover U.S. government facilities and critical infrastructure, including drinking water. The bill would also require agencies to maintain and annually review lists of sensitive facilities and to file reports and provide classified briefings to certain Members of Congress.
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- Agencies that own sensitive sites, including the intelligence community and National Laboratories, would have to review and submit a list of those facilities each year by Jan. 31 and include any recommended updates approved by an Assistant Secretary or equivalent official.
- Drinking water systems and other critical infrastructure would be added as grounds for CFIUS review in covered real estate transactions, so transactions tied to those systems could face new scrutiny.
- Foreign buyers involved in covered real estate deals near sensitive government facilities or critical infrastructure could face broader filings, reviews, or investigations under CFIUS.
- The chairperson would be required to provide classified briefings to certain Members of Congress and their cleared staff upon request about the list of sensitive facilities.
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Tighter reviews for land deals at sensitive sites
This bill would broaden federal reviews of real estate deals that affect sensitive U.S. Government sites. It would add intelligence community facilities, national labs, and critical infrastructure, including drinking water, as reasons to review a deal. Each agency on the review committee would need to check its sensitive-sites list every year by January 31 and send a report approved by an Assistant Secretary. The committee’s annual report would list all notices and completed reviews tied to those sites. On request, the chair would give a classified briefing to specified Members of Congress and cleared staff. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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