Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2593
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
Border patrols
Boundaries
California
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal law enforcement officers
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Indian lands
Labor and Employment
Mexico
Minorities
National forests
National parks
Native Americans
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Police training
Smuggling
Texas
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: 
Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 - Requires: (1) not later than May 30, 2008, development of a border protection strategy that supports U.S. border security needs in the manner that best protects units of the National Park System, National Forest System land, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) land, and other relevant land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture; and (2) development of a border protection strategy for tribal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
Requires provision of: (1) federal land resource training for Customs and Border Protection agents assigned to patrol protected land; and (2) cultural resource training for such agents assigned to patrol tribal lands.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security an inventory of costs incurred related to illegal border activity and border enforcement activities, including the cost of identified items; and (2) the development of recommendations for a cost recovery mechanism related to such items.
 
Establishes a program for: (1) providing financial assistance for projects to improve management of ecologically sensitive or listed species, improving wildlife habitat to aid in their management, and mitigating the impacts of border enforcement, human and drug smuggling, and unauthorized immigration on them; and (2) awarding grants to eligible organizations to promote conservation of such species. 
 
Establishes the Borderland Conservation Fund to carry out projects under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Introduced in House