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HR 3943 115th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Land transfers Latin America Mexico Property rights

Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

Introduced: October 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Oct 20, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Oct 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 4, 2017
Referred 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.
Oct 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as the Department of Justice (DOJ), to acquire by purchase or gift any interest in land near an international border deemed essential to guard U.S. boundaries or borders, and (2) prohibit DHS or DOJ from using condemnation authority to acquire land to construct a wall or other physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.

What's happening now October 20, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 4, 2017
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Oct 4, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Oct 4, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 4, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3943: Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3943/
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"H.R. 3943: Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3943/.
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H.R. 3943, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3943/.
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