US HB365 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-04 - 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]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-04 - 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]
Summary
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States. The bill prohibits the President from obligating or expending funds for the construction of any new border barrier, including walls or fences along the border between the United States and Mexico, pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency. The bill declares that any authorization to exercise, in the name of the United States, the right of eminent domain, shall have no force or effect, to the extent that the purpose is the construction of any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of Interior or USDA within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.
Title
This Land Is Our Land Act
Sponsors
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY] | Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX] | Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] | Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] |
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY] | Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] |
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] | Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL] |
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL] | Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL] | Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-02-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. |
2019-01-09 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. |
2019-01-09 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights
Public lands and natural resources
War and emergency powers
Border security and unlawful immigration
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights
Public lands and natural resources
War and emergency powers
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/365/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr365/BILLS-116hr365ih.pdf |