FLASH Act
Sponsored By: Representative Ciscomani
In Committee
Summary
Strengthens federal control and cleanup of public lands along the southern border. It directs road building, expanded Border Patrol access, tougher penalties for illicit cannabis cultivation and pesticide misuse, and funds cleanup and fuels management programs.
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- Requires inventory and construction of at least 584 miles of navigable roads within 10 miles of the southern border to be completed within five years, grants DHS, DoD, CBP and local law enforcement access and maintenance rights, and allows movable temporary border structures with renewals.
- Creates Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response initiatives and a Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative to fund cleanup, trash removal, and wildfire fuel reduction; funds are $16.0 million per year and $3.7 million per year respectively for 2026–2032 and require annual reporting on costs, habitat impacts, and fires.
- Bars Interior and Agriculture from impeding enforcement within 100 miles of the border, preserves tribal sovereignty and existing legal uses, revokes a specific Floyd Bennett Field lease, and bans use of federal land–managed housing for specified aliens.
*Adds about $19.7 million per year for 2026–2032, roughly $137.9 million over that period, increasing federal spending by that amount.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Crackdown and clean-up of illegal grows
If enacted, Agriculture and Interior would each set up a program to detect and clean up trespass cannabis sites on federal and public lands. Each program would have its own Treasury account, with money available until spent, and could get about $16.037 million each year for fiscal years 2026–2032. The bill would also raise penalties for certain pesticide violations. Knowingly breaking pesticide law could bring fines up to $1,000 and 30 days in jail, with extra time up to 10 years in some cases. If tied to illegal cannabis grows on federal land using noncompliant pesticides, penalties could reach up to a $250,000 fine or up to 20 years in prison, in addition to other penalties.
More border roads and access
If enacted, agencies would need to build at least 584 miles of navigable roads within 10 miles of the southern border, finished no less than five years after enactment. Border agents could carry out patrols, use vehicles and aircraft, and build or maintain needed barriers in wilderness areas while protecting wilderness character. Interior and Agriculture would not be able to block these actions on covered lands within 100 miles of the southern border during search and rescue or when preventing unlawful entries. Border States could place movable, temporary structures on covered federal lands with 45 days’ notice for up to one year, with 90‑day extensions if CBP says control is not yet achieved. Agencies would also enter a new agreement to carry out the 2006 DHS-Interior-Agriculture MOU, and the bill would define which border-adjacent federal lands are covered (excluding Tribal trust lands).
No federal-land housing for non‑admitted immigrants
If enacted, federal funds could not be used to provide housing on federal lands to people who have not been legally admitted to the U.S. This would apply to housing through leases, contracts, or agreements. The bill would cancel the Floyd Bennett Field lease that began September 15, 2023, and its September 13, 2024 amendment, and would block any similar future leases there. Interior and Agriculture would also send Congress a yearly report on how many such individuals were housed on federal lands and their countries of origin.
Clean-ups, fire prevention, tougher penalties
If enacted, Interior and Agriculture would set policies within 90 days to limit environmental damage and wildfires linked to people without lawful status on certain federal lands. They would report to Congress within one year on fires, acres burned, cleanup costs, and locations, and file an annual waste report starting within 180 days. A Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative would start within one year, with about $3.66 million each year for fiscal years 2026–2032, and would end seven years after enactment. Penalties for fire and sanitation violations by people without lawful status on covered lands would be raised within one year—either doubled or up to a cap of one year in jail and $250,000 in fines, whichever is lower—with fine totals reported 180 days after enactment and yearly.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Westerman
AR • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Tiffany
WI • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Rouzer
NC • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Bentz
OR • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Fleischmann
TN • R
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Amodei (NV)
NV • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Edwards
NC • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Steil
WI • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Hill (AR)
AR • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Gosar
AZ • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Collins
GA • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
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