A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.

Bill: 116-s-264
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-01-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Land use and conservation

Latin America

Mexico

State and local government operations

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds for the design or construction of any levee wall, steel-bollard fence, or other wall within or on</p> <ul> <li>a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; </li> <li>a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System; </li> <li>a wildlife corridor, as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or </li> <li>land owned or under the jurisdiction of a state, unless an appropriate authority of that state approves the construction. </li></ul>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 264 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2019 Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Udall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.

1. Prohibition on construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design or construct any levee wall, steel bollard fence, or other wall within or on the following: (1) A unit of the national wildlife refuge system. (2) A unit of the national wilderness preservation system. (3) A wildlife corridor, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (4) Land owned or under the jurisdiction of a State, unless an appropriate State authority approves the construction in accordance with State law on construction on State land.