[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1293 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1293

 To prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction 
 or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land 
acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border 
        without specific statutory authorization from Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2019

   Mr. Vela (for himself, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Lujan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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 the use of amounts appropriated for military construction 
 or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land 
acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border 
        without specific statutory authorization from Congress.

    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 ``Restrictions Against Illegitimate 
Declarations for Emergency Re-appropriations Act of 2019'' or the 
``RAIDER Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 
              BARRIERS OR LAND SEIZURE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

    Notwithstanding section 201 of the National Emergencies Act of 1976 
(50 U.S.C. 1621), section 2808 of title 10, United States Code, section 
923 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2293), or 
any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available prior to the date of the enactment of this Act may be used 
for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other 
associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory 
authorization from Congress.
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