Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act
Sponsored By: Representative O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
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Summary
Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as the Department of Justice (DOJ), to acquire by purchase or gift any interest in land near an international border deemed essential to guard U.S. boundaries or borders, and (2) prohibit DHS or DOJ from using condemnation authority to acquire land to construct a wall or other physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
TX • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
JOSE SERRANO
NY • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 10/4/2017
Roll Call Votes
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