US Congress House Bill 1292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from constructing additional physical barriers or related infrastructure or technology between ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border until DHS has published a final mitigation plan to minimize the impact of the barriers and infrastructure on the communities in the affected areas. DHS shall (1) first publish a publicly available initial mitigation plan, (2) hold public meetings near the affected areas, and (3) provide an opportunity for written feedback. DHS shall develop and publish a final mitigation plan after taking into consideration the public feedback on the initial plan..If significant additional construction or deployment is determined to be necessary after the publication of a final plan, DHS shall update the plan and provide additional opportunities for public feedback.

Border Community Input in Border Security Act

Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]

Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2019-02-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1292/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1292/BILLS-116hr1292ih.pdf