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H.R.739

H.R.739: This Land Is Our Land Act

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Introduced Jan. 30, 2017
Latest Major Action Feb. 10, 2017
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Bill Sponsor

Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)

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21 (All Democrats)

Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.)
Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)
Filemon Vela (D-Texas)
Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas)
Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
Darren Soto (D-Fla.)
Norma Torres (D-Calif.)
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Dwight Evans (D-Pa.)
Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Marc Veasey (D-Texas)

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Introduced in House - Jan. 30, 2017

Bill Summary

This Land Is Our Land Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.

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Date	Description
Feb. 10, 2017	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Jan. 30, 2017	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jan. 30, 2017	Introduced in the House by Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)

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Introduced in the House by Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)