[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 254 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 254

To rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive 
     Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2019

Mr. Udall (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive 
     Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S WAIVER 
              AUTHORITY.

    (a) REAL ID Act of 2005.--Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is 
amended by striking subsection (c).
    (b) Other Waiver Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not waive any provision of 
Federal law to facilitate the construction of any type of barrier along 
the border of the United States.
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