I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5124 
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 to provide for two-layered, 14-foot reinforced fencing along 
the southwest border, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. DREIER, Mr. POE, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. GOODE, 
and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for two-layered, 
14-foot reinforced fencing along the southwest border, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reinstatement of the 
Secure Fence Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. TWO-LAYERED REINFORCED FENCING ALONG THE 
SOUTHWEST BORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended 
by section 564 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161), is amended 
by amending subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) TWO-LAYERED
REINFORCED
FENC-
ING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall construct two layers of rein-
forced fencing along not less than 700 
miles of the southwest border where such 
fencing would be most practical and effec-
tive and provide for the installation of ad-
ditional physical barriers, roads, lighting, 
cameras, and sensors to gain operational 
control of the southwest border. 
‘‘(ii) HEIGHT
REQUIREMENT.—The 
two-layered reinforced fencing required 
under clause (i) shall be not less than 14 
feet high. 
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‘‘(iii) CONSTRUCTION
DEADLINE.— 
The Secretary shall ensure the completion 
of the construction of such two-layered re-
inforced fencing and the installation of 
such additional physical barriers, roads, 
lighting, cameras, and sensors by not later 
than the date that is six months after the 
date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(iv) PROHIBITION ON PREEXISTING 
FENCING TO SATISFY MILEAGE REQUIRE-
MENT.—In carrying out clause (i), the Sec-
retary may not consider fencing along the 
southwest border in existence on January 
1, 2008, for purposes of satisfying the 
mileage requirement under such clause.’’. 
(b) REPEALS.— 
(1) CONSULTATION AND LIMITATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 
102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as added by 
section 564 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2008, are repealed. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) 
of section 564 of division E of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2008 is repealed. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(B) of section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended 
by section 564 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2008, is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘fencing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘two layers of reinforced fencing (such fenc-
ing being not less than 14 feet high)’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘such’’ before 
‘‘reinforced fencing’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the amendment made by subsection 
(a). 
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