[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3503 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3503

  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reimburse eligible 
   persons harmed by certain policies of the Department of Homeland 
                   Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2021

  Ms. Herrell (for herself, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. 
 Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reimburse eligible 
   persons harmed by certain policies of the Department of Homeland 
                   Security, 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 ``Repaying the Rural Borderlands Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
              POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make 
payments to eligible persons to reimburse such persons for--
            (1) damage to real or personal property caused by aliens 
        entering the United States along the southern border, including 
        harm to livestock, destruction of fences, destruction of crops, 
        damage to buildings, damage to infrastructure, such as an 
        irrigation pipe, and environmental damage; or
            (2) in the case of a unit of local government, the 
        provision of care to aliens entering the United States along 
        the southern border.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``eligible person'' means an individual, an 
        entity, a unit of local government, or a State.
            (2) The term ``provision of care'' includes the provision 
        of housing, transportation, health care, school, and food.
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