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HOUSE 2686116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Border Property Protection Act

Last Action
6/26/2019

Actions

  • 2019-06-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  • 2019-05-10Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2019-05-10Introduced in House
  • 2019-05-10Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-05-10 (00)

Border Property Protection Act

This bill prohibits any federal department or agency from transferring, obligating, or expending funds in connection with using eminent domain to take property for constructing physical barriers along the southern border.

Cosponsors (15)

  • Mark Takano (D-CA)
  • Henry Johnson (D-GA)
  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  • Andy Levin (D-MI)
  • JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
  • Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
  • ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
  • JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
  • Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
  • Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
  • Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)

Subjects

  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Property rights
  • War and emergency powers
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