HOUSE 522116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

No Walls Act

Last Action: 2/25/2019

Actions

2019-02-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-11Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-11Introduced in House
2019-01-11Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-11 (00)

No Walls Act

This bill prohibits using available funds to build any new border barriers through a declaration of a national emergency.

It also prohibits using such funds to declare a national emergency with respect to immigration concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border.

This restriction shall be enforced during a lapse in the appropriations of any federal agency.

Cosponsors (7)

Lois Frankel (D-FL)
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Ann Kuster (D-NH)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)

Subjects

Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Building construction
Government trust funds
Mexico

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