US HB1234 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Restricts the government's ability to seize private land rights for physical barriers, or roads between ports of entry, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Before taking possession of or altering such private land, the Department of Homeland Security shall certify to Congress that each property owner has received just compensation as established in a judicial condemnation proceeding.
Title
Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX] | Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] | Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ] |
| Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. |
| 2019-03-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. |
| 2019-02-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2019-02-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2019-02-14 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Immigration
Judicial procedure and administration
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Mexico
Property rights
Roads and highways
Congressional oversight
Immigration
Judicial procedure and administration
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Mexico
Property rights
Roads and highways
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1234/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1234/BILLS-116hr1234ih.pdf |
