Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 17, 2015)
Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2017.
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2017.
National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
Neither the Department of the Interior nor the Department of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land under their respective jurisdictions within 100 miles of an international land border to:
- execute search and rescue operations; and
- prevent unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through such border.
CBP shall have access to such lands to conduct: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance, (2) vehicular patrols, (3) surveillance activities, and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.
What just happenedNov 30, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 17, 2015
- Nov 30, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee - Nov 23, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Nov 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Nov 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Nov 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Homeland Security Committee - Nov 17, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House