Dec. 4, 2023
My professional recommendation as a civil engineer and an employee of the DoD for almost 15 who has studied extensively the vulnerabilities we have that our peer adversaries exploit. By allowing foreign investors to manage our lands it will be another way for them to cause disruption and political polarization. Both China and Russia systematically find ways to disrupt or economy and our society. Implementing the ability for foreign nation states to manage our federal lands or annex conservation easements will force bureaucratic federal organizations to be reactive instead of proactive in deterring bad behavior that would result in disgruntled voters. This provision also circumvents congressional oversight and is unconstitutional. My recommendation is that the SEC makes a legal feasibility analysis or study that determines how constitutional these provisions would be. Congress needs oversight over this as they should hold the sentiment of the voters whos decision this is. China is already buying land and using passive recievers to listen to our military communications - this will enable them to develop countermeasures to potentially prevent us from communicating effectively in a military engagement. I don't need to mention their High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) or weather balloons they steer over our nuclear missile bases. (Based on open source news articles).