HOUSE 739115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
This Land Is Our Land Act
- Last Action
- 2/10/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- 2017-02-01Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H861-862)
- 2017-01-30Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-30 (00)
This Land Is Our Land Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.
Cosponsors (20)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Norma Torres (D-CA)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Land use and conservation
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