HR 992 119th Congress House Immigration

PATROL Act

Introduced: February 7, 2025 Introduced by: Cloud, Michael Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Feb 5, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Feb 5, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 5, 2025

Introduced in House

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Preventing Aliens Through Rivers or Land Act or the PATROL Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from bringing certain civil actions against a state for building a physical structure impacting navigable waters along the U.S. border for security purposes. Specifically, the DOJ is prohibited from bringing an action for (1) the construction of a bridge, causeway, dam, dike, or other structure over or in a port, harbor, or other navigable water of the United States without federal approval; or (2) the creation of any obstruction to the navigable capacity of waters of the United States without federal approval.

What's happening now February 5, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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