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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 195 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to relocate to the State of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Texas the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 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. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | ELFintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Homeland Security |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to relocate |
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| 15 | 15 | | to the State of Texas the headquarters of U.S. Customs |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Border Protection, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | der Protection Relocation Act’’ or the ‘‘CBP Relocation 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 195 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF U.S. CUS-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall relocate to the State of Texas the headquarters of 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including the func-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tions, personnel, and real assets of such headquarters. 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) D |
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| 36 | 36 | | UTIES ANDPOWERS.—In carrying out the relo-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | cation described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Home-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | land Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Customs and Border Protection— 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) shall collaborate with the Commissioner of 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the General Land Office of the State of Texas to en-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sure that the requirement described in subsection (c) 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | is satisfied; and 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) may acquire any right, title, or interest in 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | or to land in the State of Texas through a written 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | contract that is signed by the Secretary and the in-19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | dividual who is authorized to convey such right, title, 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or interest, as the case may be. 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) H |
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| 50 | 50 | | EADQUARTERSREQUIREMENT.—The relocation 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | described in subsection (a) shall be strategically placed 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | with respect to handling a crisis at the border between 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the United States and Mexico. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) LANDTITLE.—Any title to land conveyed to the 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Secretary of Homeland Security in carrying out the reloca-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | tion described in subsection (a) shall conform to the title 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | approval standards of the Attorney General that are appli-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | cable to land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 5 |
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