115-hr-3943115th Congress

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

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