Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act
Latest action · Dec 10, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 831.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act
This bill amends the Wilderness Act to allow the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the following activities within a wilderness area for the purpose of securing the international land borders of the United States:
- access structures, installations, and roads;
- use motor vehicles and aircraft;
- deploy temporary infrastructure in response to emergencies; or
- construct and maintain roads and fences, subject to the approval of the Department of the Interior.
Any such activity shall be carried out in a manner that protects the wilderness character of the area.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2018 to Oct 2, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | May 8, 2018 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Oct 2, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2017Markup Nov 15, 2018Reported Dec 10, 2018 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Aug 15, 2017Discharged Nov 15, 2018 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2017Discharged Dec 10, 2018 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Aug 29, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1070, Part I.
- Dec 10, 2018Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
- Dec 10, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 831.
- Nov 15, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Nov 15, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 15, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 12.
- Aug 29, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Aug 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2017Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 20, 2018H.R. 3593, Securing Our Borders and Wilderness ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 128, July 28, 2017, page H6579.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-36 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE COSTS OF DENYING BORDER PATROL ACCESS: OUR ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY76 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Feb 15, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Wilderness Act to authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct certain activities to secure the international land borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
