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S 254 116th Congress Senate Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Border security and unlawful immigration Department of Homeland Security Latin America Mexico

A bill to rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.

Introduced: January 29, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jan 29, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 29, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill revokes the Department of Homeland Security's authority to waive federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.

What's happening now January 29, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jan 29, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 254: A bill to rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-254/
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"S. 254: A bill to rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-254/.
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S. 254, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-254/.
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