[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5568 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5568

 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
 Act of 1996 to clarify requirements relating to the construction of a 
   physical fence along the southwest border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2008

  Mr. Graves introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
 Act of 1996 to clarify requirements relating to the construction of a 
   physical fence along the southwest border, 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 ``Start Building a Real Fence Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. PHYSICAL FENCING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.

    (a) Removal of Limitation Qualification.--Section 102 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended by section 564 of division E of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161), is amended 
by striking subparagraph (D) of subsection (b)(1) of such section 102.
    (b) Clarification That Fencing Shall Be Physical.--Section 102 of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, including physical 
        fencing,'' after ``physical barriers'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
                ``Physical'' before ``Fencing'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
                        ``physical'' before ``fencing'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                                inserting ``physical'' before 
                                ``fencing'';
                                    (II) by inserting ``physical'' 
                                before ``fencing along''; and
                                    (III) by inserting ``such'' before 
                                ``fencing would'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by inserting 
                                ``physical'' before ``fencing''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                                ``physical'' before ``fencing''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting 
                        ``physical'' before ``fencing'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``physical'' 
                before ``fences'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``physical'' before 
                        ``fencing''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``physical'' before 
                        ``fence''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``barriers and 
        roads'' and inserting ``physical fencing, barriers, and 
        roads''.
    (c) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 564 of division E of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161) is repealed.
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