Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a fund to assist eligible individuals when the government seeks to acquire or condemn such individuals' property for the purpose of building physical barriers or roads along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS shall not take actions toward construction of such barriers or roads until the fund is made available to eligible property owners and such owners are informed as to how to access support through the fund.
Assistance through the fund shall be limited to low-income property owners or those who lack adequate resources to secure representation against the government, as determined by DHS.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Mar 11, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 11, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Mar 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Mar 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
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