Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023
United States118th CongressHR-5283House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 4, 2023
Summary
Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023 This bill prohibits the federal government from using certain federally administered lands to provide housing to any non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who have not been admitted into the United States. Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service. The bill also revokes a 2023 lease between the National Park Service and the City of New York to use portions of the Gateway National Recreation Area to provide housing to migrant persons.
Bill texts
Timeline
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
House of Representatives
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 224 - 203, 1 Present (Roll no. 689).
House of Representatives
View voteMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
House of Representatives
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Senate