US HB837 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Build Bridges Not Walls Act This bill provides that the executive order titled "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements" signed by the President on January 25, 2017, or any other substantially similar action by the President to use taxpayer dollars or fees to construct a continuous wall or fence between the United States and Mexico shall have no force or effect.

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Title

Build Bridges Not Walls Act

Sponsors

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-02HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-02-24HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2017-02-16HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
2017-02-02HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2017-02-02HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2017-02-02HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2017-02-02HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2017-02-02HouseIntroduced in House

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