This Land Is Our Land Act
Latest action · Feb 4, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
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.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This Land Is Our Land Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.
The bill prohibits the President from obligating or expending funds for the construction of any new border barrier, including walls or fences along the border between the United States and Mexico, pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency.
The bill declares that any authorization to exercise, in the name of the United States, the right of eminent domain, shall have no force or effect, to the extent that the purpose is the construction of any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of Interior or USDA within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2019 to Jun 3, 2019, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 9, 2019 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jan 9, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 16, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jan 22, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jun 3, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Jan 9, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2019Introduced in House
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