I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7118 
To prohibit the Federal Government from taking any action to regain control 
of, access, or otherwise interfere in activities carried out by the State 
of Texas in the vicinity of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, without 
the consent of the State of Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2024 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. OGLES) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from taking any action 
to regain control of, access, or otherwise interfere in 
activities carried out by the State of Texas in the vicinity 
of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, without the consent 
of the State of Texas. 
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 ‘‘Halt the Invasion 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Government may not 
obligate or expend any funds to regain control of, access, 
or otherwise interfere in activities carried out by the State 
of Texas in the vicinity of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, 
Texas, without the consent of the State of Texas. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and subsection (d), not later than March 30, 2025, 
and annually thereafter, the Federal Government 
shall reimburse the State of Texas an amount equal 
to the costs incurred by the State of Texas to main-
tain control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, 
over the immediately preceding calendar year. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Amounts reimbursed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) may not exceed the costs in-
curred by the Federal Government if the Federal 
Government had maintained control of Shelby Park 
in Eagle Pass, Texas, over the immediately pre-
ceding calendar year. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to prohibit the Federal Government 
from obligating or expending funds for any other purpose 
in the State of Texas other than those described in sub-
section (a). 
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(d) SUNSET.—This section shall not terminate if the 
State of Texas provides to the Federal Government and 
makes publicly available by not later than the 15th of 
every month monthly data with respect to the immediately 
preceding month regarding the number of criminal arrests 
of illegal immigrants and drug seizures, and any other rel-
evant border security data, collected by the State of Texas. 
If the State of Texas does not so provide or make publicly 
available for more than two consecutive months such 
monthly data, this section shall terminate on the date that 
is one year after the date of the enactment of this section. 
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