H.R. 1820 119th Congress House

FLASH Act

Official title: To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.

Introduced: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Juan Ciscomani Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Border security and unlawful immigrationCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightData collection, sharing, protection

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Department of the InteriorDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, treesHazardous wastes and toxic substancesHomelessness and emergency shelterIntergovernmental relationsLand use and conservationPest managementRoads and highwaysSecuritiesSolid waste and recyclingWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Mar 11, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Mar 5, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Mar 4, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Budget, and 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.

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced in House

Mar 4, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

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What's happening now March 11, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

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Committees of jurisdiction 6

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee
Budget Committee
House of Representatives
Federal Lands Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
for NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL · Arizona · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
for EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
for NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL · Arizona · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
for LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
5 filings
SENATE
5 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
2 filings
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
1 filing
Energy, Dept of
1 filing

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Cosponsors 23