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A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.

Introduced: January 29, 2019 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Jan 29, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 29, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds for the design or construction of any levee wall, steel-bollard fence, or other wall within or on

  • a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System;
  • a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
  • a wildlife corridor, as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or
  • land owned or under the jurisdiction of a state, unless an appropriate authority of that state approves the construction.
What's happening now January 29, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 264: A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-264/
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"S. 264: A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-264/.
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S. 264, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-264/.
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[S. 264: A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-264/)
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