S. 264 · 116th Congress
A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Martin Heinrich
- Introduced
- 2019-01-29
- Latest action
- 2019-01-29 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds for the design or construction of any levee wall, steel-bollard fence, or other wall within or on
a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System; a wildlife corridor, as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or land owned or under the jurisdiction of a state, unless an appropriate authority of that state approves the construction.