HR 6619 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Preventing Aliens Through Rivers Or Land Act

Introduced Dec 6, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Michael Cloud R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 11, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 6, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 6, 2023 to Apr 30, 2024; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-VABob GoodOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXChip RoyOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-OKJosh BrecheenOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXLance GoodenOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-MILisa C. McClainOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-GAMike CollinsOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalDec 6, 2023
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-SCRussell FryOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalDec 6, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsDec 12, 2023
R-TXAugust PflugerDec 12, 2023
R-FLBill PoseyDec 12, 2023
R-NCDan BishopDec 12, 2023
R-MOEric BurlisonDec 12, 2023
R-WYHarriet M. HagemanDec 12, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarDec 12, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerJan 12, 2024
R-NCGregory F. MurphyJan 18, 2024
R-COLauren BoebertJan 25, 2024
R-FLByron DonaldsApr 30, 2024
R-SCNancy MaceApr 30, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Dec 6, 2023
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Referred Dec 11, 2023
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 6, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 11, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  2. Dec 6, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Dec 6, 2023Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent the Department of Justice from utilizing the Rivers and Harbors Act to sue any state that implements border security measures.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 201, December 6, 2023, page H6209.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the Department of Justice from bringing a civil action against a State under section 9 or 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, for certain border security measures, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Preventing Aliens Through Rivers Or Land Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 6, 2023Introduced in House

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