Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

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Bill Number

HR 3943

Introduced

Oct 4, 2017

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

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Topics

Border security and unlawful immigration Immigration Land transfers Latin America Mexico Property rights

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Summary

Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as the Department of Justice (DOJ), to acquire by purchase or gift any interest in land near an international border deemed essential to guard U.S. boundaries or borders, and (2) prohibit DHS or DOJ from using condemnation authority to acquire land to construct a wall or other physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Actions

Oct 20, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Oct 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 4, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Oct 4, 2017

Introduced in House

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