Congress 112 - HR 1505 - National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act

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Border security and unlawful immigration Canada Land use and conservation Latin America Mexico Public Lands and Natural Resources

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National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from prohibiting or restricting activities on land under their respective jurisdictions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to achieve operational control over the international land borders of the United States.

Grants U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to such lands to conduct the following activities: (1) construction and maintenance of roads and fences; (2) use of patrol vehicles and aircraft; (3) installation, maintenance, and operation of surveillance equipment and sensors; and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure, including forward operating bases.

States that a waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) of specified laws regarding sections of the international border between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Canada shall apply to all land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States with respect to U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities under this Act.

States that this Act shall not be construed to restrict legal use (grazing, hunting, or mining) on, or legal access to, land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.

Terminates this Act five years after enactment.

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Apr 17, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.
Apr 17, 2012

Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
Apr 17, 2012

Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Apr 17, 2012

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-448, Part I.
Oct 5, 2011

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 17.
Oct 5, 2011

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 5, 2011

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
Jul 8, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 11, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
May 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Apr 18, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 13, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Homeland Security, 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.
Apr 13, 2011

Introduced in House

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