Rescinding DHS’ Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act

Bill: 117-hr-4848
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-29
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Rescinding DHS' Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act</strong></p> <p>This bill rescinds the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to waive legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the U.S. border.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4848 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2021 Miss Rice of New York (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Cuellar , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal certain waiver authority relating to the construction of new border barriers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rescinding DHS’ Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act . 2. Repeal of waiver authority for the construction of new border barriers Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).