US Congress House Bill 1233 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
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]

Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a fund to assist eligible individuals when the government seeks to acquire or condemn such individuals' property for the purpose of building physical barriers or roads along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS shall not take actions toward construction of such barriers or roads until the fund is made available to eligible property owners and such owners are informed as to how to access support through the fund. Assistance through the fund shall be limited to low-income property owners or those who lack adequate resources to secure representation against the government, as determined by DHS.

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1233/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1233/BILLS-116hr1233ih.pdf