Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4034
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico
Roads and highways
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: 

Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2017.
 
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2017. 
 

National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act

 
Neither the Department of the Interior nor the Department of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land under their respective jurisdictions within 100 miles of an international land border to: 
 
 
execute search and rescue operations; and 
 
prevent unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through such border.
 
 
CBP shall have access to such lands to conduct: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance, (2) vehicular patrols, (3) surveillance activities, and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-11-17
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: 2015-11-17
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: 2015-11-17
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: 2015-11-17
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: 2015-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Introduced in House