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S 264 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Border security and unlawful immigration Land use and conservation Latin America Mexico State and local government operations Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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
 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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