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HR 1234 116th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Judicial procedure and administration Land transfers Land use and conservation Latin America Mexico Property rights Roads and highways

Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act

Introduced: February 14, 2019 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
Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing the Taking of Americans' Land to Build Trump's Wall Act

This bill restricts the government's ability to seize private land rights for physical barriers, or roads between ports of entry, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Before taking possession of or altering such private land, the Department of Homeland Security shall certify to Congress that each property owner has received just compensation as established in a judicial condemnation proceeding.

What's happening now March 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Mar 11, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 11, 2019
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2019
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 26, 2019
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1234: Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1234/
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"H.R. 1234: Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1234/.
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H.R. 1234, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1234/.
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