[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3693 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3693

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prevent all unlawful 
   entries into the United States by January 1, 2007, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2005

Mr. Price of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee 
    on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prevent all unlawful 
   entries into the United States by January 1, 2007, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure the Outside Perimeter (STOP) 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF ALL UNLAWFUL ENTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 2007, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, using such means as the Secretary deems necessary, 
shall prevent all illegal border crossings into the United States.
    (b) Waiver.--The provisions of all laws of the United States, 
including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, are waived to the extent that the 
Secretary of Homeland Security determines necessary to carry out 
subsection (a).
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Congress on the steps 
the Secretary is taking to carry out subsection (a), and the progress 
being made towards full implementation of such subsection.
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