Congressional Border Security Assessment Act

Bill: 119-hr-103
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Federal-Indian relations

Latin America

Members of Congress

Mexico
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Congressional Border Security Assessment Act</strong></p><p>This bill grants Members of Congress and their accompanying staff lawful access to Indian reservations for the purpose of assessing national security, public safety, and the security of the border. Specifically, the bill applies to an Indian reservation that includes 50 or more contiguous miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to assess the security of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Border Security Assessment Act . 2. Access to Indian reservations for border security assessment (a) In general A member of Congress and any Congressional staff accompanying that member shall have lawful access to any Indian reservation that includes 50 or more contiguous miles of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico for the purpose of obtaining information for assessing national security, public safety, and the security of the international boundary. Such lawful access shall extend to any roadways or easements on Indian country. (b) Definition of Indian country For the purposes of this section, the term Indian country shall have the meaning given that term in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code.