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Preemption of Real Property Discrimination Act

To preempt State prohibitions on real estate purchases by foreign citizens, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jan 14, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Law
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary
  • The bill preempts any state or territorial law that prohibits or restricts the purchase of real property based on the citizenship of the purchaser.
  • The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enforce the preemption of state citizenship-based real estate restrictions.
  • The bill creates a private right of action for individuals harmed by state attempts to enforce preempted citizenship-based real estate laws.
  • The bill allows courts to award injunctive relief to individuals who bring civil actions against states enforcing preempted real estate restrictions.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Al Green’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • GREATLAND LIVING $6,300
  • Employer not reported $6,000
  • SOUTHERN NEWS GROUP $5,450
  • Y&K REAL ESTATE $5,000
  • TOKYO GARDENS CATERING $5,000

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Al Green → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3618 — American Land and Property Protection Act · Introduced May 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 6493 — NOEM Act · Introduced Dec 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 3850 — District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 8941 — No Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • S 3197 — Flight Risk Reduction Act · Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 3937 — Homes for American Families Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 14, 2026

Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Ms. Chu, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To preempt State prohibitions on real estate purchases by foreign citizens, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Preemption of Real Property Discrimination Act”.

SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF STATE PROHIBITIONS ON REAL ESTATE PURCHASES BY FOREIGN CITIZENS.

(a) In General.—Any law of a State, the District of Columbia, or any territory of the United States that prohibits or otherwise restricts the purchase by an individual of real property within such State, District, or territory based on the citizenship of the purchaser is hereby preempted.

(b) Enforcement.—The Attorney General is authorized to enforce this section.

(c) Private Right of Action.—

(1) In general.—In the case of any State, District, or territory that attempts to enforce a law preempted by subsection (a), an individual harmed by such action may bring a civil action against such State, District, or territory in any Federal court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Injunctive relief.—In a civil action brought under paragraph (1) in which a plaintiff prevails, the court may award the plaintiff injunctive relief. <all>

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