HOUSE 1233116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

Last Action: 3/25/2019

Actions

2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-03-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
2019-02-14Referred 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.
2019-02-14Referred 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.
2019-02-14Introduced in House
2019-02-14Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-14 (00)

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

This bill 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.

Cosponsors (6)

BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
Filemon Vela (D-TX)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)

Subjects

Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Mexico
Roads and highways

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