NC Farmland and Military Protection Act.

SB 338, the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act, prohibits adversarial foreign governments (as designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce) from purchasing, leasing, or holding interests in agricultural land or land within 25 miles of military installations in North Carolina. The bill defines agricultural land as land used for farming (excluding up to 250 acres leased for research) and lists specific military bases like Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. Transfers violating the law are void, with compliance responsibility resting solely on the foreign government and the state - not other parties. The bill also allocates $50,000 for a farmland inventory starting July 1, 2025, and takes full effect for new land acquisitions on January 1, 2026.