No Walls Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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 11, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Walls Act
This bill prohibits using available funds to build any new border barriers through a declaration of a national emergency.
It also prohibits using such funds to declare a national emergency with respect to immigration concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border.
This restriction shall be enforced during a lapse in the appropriations of any federal agency.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2019 to Jan 18, 2019, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Jan 11, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 11, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 11, 2019 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jan 11, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 18, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jan 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 18, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jan 11, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 11, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2019Introduced in House
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