[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 264 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 264

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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.
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