Missouri Republican State Sen. Bill Eigel plans to unveil a proposed constitutional amendment that would force foreign landowners to sell off their property and require current foreign landowners to divest within two years.
The plan to be submitted by Eigel, who’s running for Missouri governor, mirrors similar measures in Arkansas and South Dakota. Eigel’s proposal would claw back more than 312,000 acres of Missouri soil that was allowed to be purchased by foreign interests in 2013, including 42,000 to Chinese interests.
“Missouri farmland should be owned by Missourians, or at least Americans,” Eigel said in a press release shared with Newsmax. “I am the only candidate for Governor calling for a complete ban on foreign ownership of Missouri ground and a plan to get back what has been taken.”
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