[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3992 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3992

   To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require 
preparation of statements regarding the environmental impacts of legal 
                        and illegal immigration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2004

Mr. Tancredo (for himself and Mr. Rohrabacher) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require 
preparation of statements regarding the environmental impacts of legal 
                        and illegal immigration.

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

SECTION 1. STATEMENTS DESCRIBING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LEGAL AND 
              ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

    Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before the first sentence; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly prepare and publish 
every 5 years a statement in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(C) with 
respect to the environmental impacts of legal and illegal immigration, 
for use in determining and setting appropriate and environmentally 
sustainable levels for legal immigration and the most effective 
measures needed to prevent illegal immigration.''.
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