EXIT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3968
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Licensing and registrations

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Eradicate Crossing of Illegal Tunnels Act of 2019 or the EXIT Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions to facilitate the search for and remediation of unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land. </p> <p>Specifically, DHS may waive federal, state, or local environmental permits and reviews as necessary to search for or remediate such tunnels. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may enter into indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with two or more sources to facilitate such border tunnel activities. (Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts provide for an indefinite quantity of services for a fixed time.)</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3968 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mrs. Hartzler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , 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 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive certain environmental requirements to permit U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to search for unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land to prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eradicate Crossing of Illegal Tunnels Act of 2019 or the EXIT Act of 2019 . 2. Unlawful border crossing tunnel search and remediation (a) Waiver authority of certain environmental requirements regarding tunnel actions on private land Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) Waiver authority of certain environmental requirements regarding tunnel actions on private land Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive all requirements relating to Federal, State, or local environmental permits and reviews such Secretary, in such Secretary’s sole discretion, determines necessary to search for and remediate unlawful border crossing tunnels under subsection (a)(3). Any such decision by the Secretary shall be effective upon being published in the Federal Register. . (b) Contract authority (1) In general To search for and remediate unlawful border crossing tunnels in accordance with section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357 ), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are authorized to enter into indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts. (2) Definition In this subsection, the term indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract means a contract that is entered into by the head of a Federal agency with two or more sources pursuant to the same solicitation. (c) Clarification regarding actions on private land Paragraph (3) of section 287(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357(a) ) is amended by inserting , including to search for and remediate unlawful border crossing tunnels, after patrolling the border .