Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

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What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 4, 2017

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act

Latest action (Oct 20, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 4, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.