UPDATED: House approves foreign-land ownership bill

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(Updated to reflect final vote and new comments from House majority leader, other lawmakers)

A bill that bans foreign interests from "countries of concern" from owning or acquiring land within 150 miles of a military base located in Kansas or an adjacent state won approval in the House on Wednesday.

The bill now goes to the Senate where a similar but different bill proposed by Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach died in committee. Kobach has been openly critical of the version of the bill passed by the House.

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