[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2686 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2686

 To prohibit the transfer, obligation, or expenditure of Federal funds 
  to take property for the construction of a wall along the southern 
                    border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2019

   Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Norton, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. 
     McGovern, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the transfer, obligation, or expenditure of Federal funds 
  to take property for the construction of a wall along the southern 
                    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 ``Border Property Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal department or agency may transfer, obligate, or expend any 
funds in connection with the use of eminent domain to take any property 
from any landowner on or in the vicinity of the southern border for 
construction of fencing, physical barriers, or a wall, including if 
such transfer, obligation, or expenditure is done in furtherance of the 
President's February 15, 2019, declaration of a national emergency 
pursuant to section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1621) entitled ``Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National 
Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States'' 
(Proclamation 9844; 84 Fed. Reg. 4949) or any such related successor 
declaration.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Landowner.--The term ``landowner'' means any person who 
        owns any property.
            (2) Person.--The term ``person'' means a natural person, 
        any Tribal, State, or local government or similar entity, or 
        any private sector entity.
            (3) Property.--The term ``property'' means land, including 
        an estate or interest in land, including an easement or right 
        of way in land.
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