[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 522 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 522

To prohibit the creation of manufactured emergencies in order to build 
                             border walls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2019

  Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Gonzalez of 
   Texas, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the creation of manufactured emergencies in order to build 
                             border walls.

    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 ``No Walls Act''.

SEC. 2. NO NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS FOR BORDER WALLS DURING 
              SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) In General.--No funds made available by any act of law may be 
used to declare a national emergency with respect to immigration 
concerns at America's southern border with Mexico or to erect any new 
border barriers, including fencing or walls, pursuant to a declaration 
of a national emergency.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall be enforced during periods 
in which any Federal agency experiences a lapse in appropriations.
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