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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1658

To enhance border security in the vicinity of San Diego, California through

the construction and improvement of physical barriers at the United

States border and through the forward deployment of Border Patrol

agents to the border.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 17, 1995

Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To enhance border security in the vicinity of San Diego,

California through the construction and improvement of

physical barriers at the United States border and

through the forward deployment of Border Patrol agents

to the border.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TRIPLE FENCING AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

4 IN THE BORDER AREA NEAR SAN DIEGO,

5 CALIFORNIA.

6 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall

2 provide for the construction along the 14 miles of

3 the international land border of the United States,

4 starting at the Pacific Ocean and extending east5 ward, of second and third fences, in addition to the

6 existing reinforced fence.

7 (2) ROAD SPECIFICATIONS.—Between each of

8 the three fences, there shall be a road which is at

9 least 20 feet in width and which is constructed in a

10 manner so as to allow 4-wheel-drive vehicles to oper11 ate on the roads at at least moderate rates of speed.

12 (3) FOLLOWING SANDIA LABS RECOMMENDA13 TIONS.—The recommendations outlined by Sandia

14 National Laboratories regarding triple barrier con15 struction shall be generally followed for purposes of

16 this section.

17 (4) USE OF RESOURCES OF JOINT TASK FORCE

18 SIX.—The resources of the Joint Task Force Six

19 (which has been established by the Department of

20 Defense) may be utilized for the purpose of carrying

21 out this section.

22 (b) ACQUISITION OF NECESSARY EASEMENTS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out sub24 section (a), the Attorney General shall acquire the

25 necessary easements along the international bound-
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1 ary through negotiations with affected landowners

2 or, to the extent necessary, pursuant section 1 of the

3 Act of August 1, 1888 (chapter 728), as amended

4 (40 U.S.C. 257).

5 (2) PROMPT INITIATION.—The acquisition of

6 such easements shall commence within 30 days of

7 the date of the enactment of this Act and shall be

8 concluded as expeditiously as possible.

9 (c) PROMPT INITIATION OF CONSTRUCTION.—Con10 struction of fences and roads under subsection (a) shall

11 commence immediately following the right of way acquisi12 tion under subsection (b) (or conclusion of portions of

13 such acquisition) and completion of any necessary environ14 mental impact reports.

15 (d) MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS.—Until the con16 struction of fences and roads is completed under this sec17 tion, the Attorney General shall submit monthly reports

18 to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the

19 progress in such construction.

20 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY FORWARD DEPLOYMENT OF BORDER

21 PATROL.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after completion

23 of the construction of fences and roads provided under sec24 tion 1, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturaliza25 tion shall forward deploy for a period of 6 months Border
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1 Patrol agents in the San Diego sector to the area within

2 or adjacent to the border fences and in such a manner

3 as provides for the stationing of not fewer than 2 agents

4 for every 250 yards along the 14 miles in that sector, in

5 order to provide a uniform and visible deterrent to illegal

6 entry on a continuous basis during such period.

7 (b) REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT.—Not later than 2

8 months after the end of the period of forward deployment

9 under subsection (a), the Commissioner of Immigration

10 and Naturalization shall submit a report to the appro11 priate committees of Congress concerning the effectiveness

12 of such deployment.

13 (c) USE OF CURRENT BORDER PATROL AGENTS.—

14 The deployment of agents under this section shall be made

15 from the existing pool of approximately 1,250 Border Pa16 trol agents presently stationed in the San Diego sector.

17 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

19 section 1 of this Act not to exceed $12,000,000. Amounts

20 appropriated under this section are authorized to remain

21 available until expended.

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