I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 534 
To authorize certain States to take certain actions on certain Federal land 
to secure an international border of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2025 
Mr. ROUZER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 
MEUSER, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and Ms. TENNEY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize certain States to take certain actions on certain 
Federal land to secure an international border of the 
United States, 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 ‘‘Creating Obstructions 
Necessary To Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rap-
idly Act’’ or the ‘‘CONTAINER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF MOVABLE, TEMPORARY STRUC-
TURES ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND TO SE-
CURE AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BORDER STATE.—The term ‘‘Border State’’ 
means a State that is adjacent to the northern bor-
der or southern border. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means land under the jurisdiction and management 
of a Federal land management agency that is adja-
cent to the northern border or southern border. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 
means— 
(A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(C) the Bureau of Reclamation; 
(D) the Forest Service; 
(E) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
(F) the National Park Service. 
(4) NORTHERN BORDER.—The term ‘‘northern 
border’’ means the international border between the 
United States and Canada. 
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(5) OPERATIONAL CONTROL.—The term ‘‘oper-
ational control’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 
U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367). 
(6) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to Federal land under the jurisdiction and 
management of the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through, as applicable— 
(i) the Director of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs; 
(ii) the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management; 
(iii) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 
(iv) the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
(v) the Director of the National Park 
Service; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(7) SOUTHERN BORDER.—The term ‘‘southern 
border’’ means the international border between the 
United States and Mexico. 
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