US Congress House Bill 3943 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on October 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as the Department of Justice (DOJ), to acquire by purchase or gift any interest in land near an international border deemed essential to guard U.S. boundaries or borders, and (2) prohibit DHS or DOJ from using condemnation authority to acquire land to construct a wall or other physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2017-10-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-10-04	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.
2017-10-04	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.
2017-10-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3943/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3943/BILLS-115hr3943ih.pdf