FASTER Act

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Bill Number

HR 1732

Introduced

Mar 13, 2019

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

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Topics

Border security and unlawful immigration Ecology Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental Protection Environmental regulatory procedures Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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Summary

Furthering American Security by Tempering Environmental Regulations Act or the FASTER Act

This bill specifies that the Department of Homeland Security may waive requirements concerning environmental review or endangered or threatened species in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads at U.S. borders.

Actions

Apr 3, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Apr 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Mar 13, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Mar 13, 2019

Introduced in House

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