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HR 739 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Border security and unlawful immigration Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation

This Land Is Our Land Act

Introduced: February 2, 2017 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Feb 1, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H861-862)
Jan 30, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This Land Is Our Land Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 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 within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.

What's happening now February 10, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 15
D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Apr 5, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 15, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 15, 2017
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 15, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 7, 2017
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 2, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Feb 2, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 2, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 1, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 739: This Land Is Our Land Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-739/
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"H.R. 739: This Land Is Our Land Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-739/.
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H.R. 739, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-739/.
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