[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1732 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1732

 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
    Act of 1996 to specify that the waiver authority under such Act 
    includes the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 for purpose of construction of physical 
             barriers along border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2019

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Natural 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 amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
    Act of 1996 to specify that the waiver authority under such Act 
    includes the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 for purpose of construction of physical 
             barriers along 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 ``Furthering American Security by 
Tempering Environmental Regulations Act'' or the ``FASTER Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 
              ACT OF 1969 AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 FOR 
              PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION OF PHYSICAL BARRIERS ALONG 
              BORDER.

    Paragraph (1) of section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is 
amended by inserting ``, including the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),'' after ``waive all legal 
requirements''.
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