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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 103 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to |
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| 6 | 6 | | assess the security of the international boundary between the United |
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| 7 | 7 | | States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain |
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| 15 | 15 | | Indian land to assess the security of the international |
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| 16 | 16 | | boundary between the United States and Mexico located |
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| 17 | 17 | | on that Indian land, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Border 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Security Assessment Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 103 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. ACCESS TO INDIAN RESERVATIONS FOR BORDER 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECURITY ASSESSMENT. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—A member of Congress and any 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Congressional staff accompanying that member shall have 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lawful access to any Indian reservation that includes 50 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | or more contiguous miles of the international boundary be-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tween the United States and Mexico for the purpose of 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | obtaining information for assessing national security, pub-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lic safety, and the security of the international boundary. 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Such lawful access shall extend to any roadways or ease-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ments on Indian country. 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) D |
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| 39 | 39 | | EFINITION OFINDIANCOUNTRY.—For the pur-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | poses of this section, the term ‘‘Indian country’’ shall have 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the meaning given that term in section 1151 of title 18, 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States Code. 15 |
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