[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1214 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1214

  To prohibit certain funds from being transferred or reprogrammed to 
plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier along the Southwest 
                    border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2019

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Cisneros, Ms. Moore, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
 Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Lawson of Florida, and Mr. Serrano) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
   and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
Services, 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 prohibit certain funds from being transferred or reprogrammed to 
plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier 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 ``Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR A NEW PHYSICAL BARRIER 
              ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by Public Law 115-56, Public 
Law 115-123, Public Law 115-72, or Public Law 115-254 to the Department 
of Homeland Security or Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
activities relating to disaster relief or recovery may be transferred 
or reprogrammed to plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier 
along the Southwest border of the United States. Furthermore, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Corps of 
Engineers by Public Law 115-123 may be transferred or reprogrammed 
under section 2293 of title 33, United States Code.
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