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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 103
To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to
assess the security of the international boundary between the United
States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain
Indian land to assess the security of the international
boundary between the United States and Mexico located
on that Indian land, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Border 4
Security Assessment Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ACCESS TO INDIAN RESERVATIONS FOR BORDER 1
SECURITY ASSESSMENT. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—A member of Congress and any 3
Congressional staff accompanying that member shall have 4
lawful access to any Indian reservation that includes 50 5
or more contiguous miles of the international boundary be-6
tween the United States and Mexico for the purpose of 7
obtaining information for assessing national security, pub-8
lic safety, and the security of the international boundary. 9
Such lawful access shall extend to any roadways or ease-10
ments on Indian country. 11
(b) D
EFINITION OFINDIANCOUNTRY.—For the pur-12
poses of this section, the term ‘‘Indian country’’ shall have 13
the meaning given that term in section 1151 of title 18, 14
United States Code. 15
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