A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds for the design or construction of any levee wall, steel-bollard fence, or other wall within or on a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System; a wildlife corridor, as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or land owned or under the jurisdiction of a state, unless an appropriate authority of that state approves the construction.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Border security and unlawful immigrationLand use and conservationLatin AmericaMexicoState and local government operationsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.
USA116th CongressS-264| Senate
| Updated: 1/29/2019
This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds for the design or construction of any levee wall, steel-bollard fence, or other wall within or on a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System; a wildlife corridor, as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or land owned or under the jurisdiction of a state, unless an appropriate authority of that state approves the construction.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Border security and unlawful immigrationLand use and conservationLatin AmericaMexicoState and local government operationsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection