Title: Border Landowner and Lessee Consultation Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Border Landowner and Lessee Consultation Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to consult with owners or lessors of real property along the southern international border between the United States and Mexico concerning CBP operations that affect their property.
The bill establishes in CBP a Private Landowner Ombudsman to assist owners of real property along such border in communicating their needs and interests with respect to CBP operations that affect their property.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 757 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 757

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to facilitate communication 
   between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and border ranchers in 
        Arizona and other border States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2017

   Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to facilitate communication 
   between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and border ranchers in 
        Arizona and other border States, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Landowner and Lessee 
Consultation Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSULTATION WITH BORDER RANCHERS.

    (a) Requirement To Consult.--Section 411(c) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (17), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (18), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) consult with any person who owns or leases real 
        property where the United States Border Patrol operates and 
        receive input from such persons related to U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection operations that affect such real property.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue 
final regulations to carry out section 411(c)(19) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a).

SEC. 3. PRIVATE LANDOWNER OMBUDSMAN.

    Section 411(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
211(d)) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``; Private 
        Landowner Ombudsman'' after ``Deputy Commissioner'';
            (2) by striking ``There shall be'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Deputy commissioner.--There shall be''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Private landowner ombudsman.--There shall be in U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection a Private Landowner Ombudsman, 
        who shall assist persons who own real property along the 
        international border between the United States and Mexico in 
        communicating to the Commissioner the needs and interests of 
        such persons related to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
        operations that affect such real property.''.
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