The House Committee on Securing Texas from Hostile Foreign Organizations, Select

88th Legislature

July 24, 2024

10:00 a.m.

E2.016

Pursuant to a notice posted on July 10, 2024, the House Committee on Securing Texas from Hostile Foreign Organizations, Select met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Hefner, at 10:00 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Hefner; Button; Harris, Cody; Hunter; Lopez, Ray; and Wilson.

A quorum was present.

The chair had opening remarks.

Committee heard testimony from the following items:

Study the threat posed by hostile foreign organizations and related entities on the Texas economy, security, and values.

Evaluate the ways in which hostile foreign organizations acquire property, including real property, in Texas as well as attendant risks. Recommend policy changes to mitigate the risks posed by ownership of Texas assets by hostile foreign organizations.

  Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

At 2:16 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Hefner, Chair

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Harrison Salter, Clerk