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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 992 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Department of Justice from bringing a civil action against |
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| 6 | 6 | | a State under section 9 or 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, for certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | border security measures, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | LOUD(for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr. CRENSHAW, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. D |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONALDS, Mr. DOWNING, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EVANSof Colorado, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ms. F |
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| 15 | 15 | | OXX, Mr. GOSAR, Ms. MACE, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. ROUZER, Ms. VAN |
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| 16 | 16 | | D |
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| 17 | 17 | | UYNE, Mr. SCHMIDT, and Mr. WEBSTERof Florida) introduced the fol- |
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| 18 | 18 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for |
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| 20 | 20 | | a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 21 | 21 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 22 | 22 | | mittee concerned |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 24 | 24 | | To prohibit the Department of Justice from bringing a civil |
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| 25 | 25 | | action against a State under section 9 or 10 of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act of March 3, 1899, for certain border security meas- |
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| 27 | 27 | | ures, and for other purposes. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Aliens 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Through Rivers or Land Act’’ or the ‘‘PATROL Act’’. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | •HR 992 IH |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN BOR-1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | DER SECURITY MEASURES. 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—The Attorney General may not 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | bring or maintain a civil action (including an action that 4 |
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| 41 | 41 | | is pending on the date of enactment of this Act) under 5 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section 9 or 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 401; 403), against a State for any measure undertaken 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | by the State to build, construct, erect, or otherwise install 8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | a barrier along the international border of the State for 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the purpose of— 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) preventing aliens from entering the State in 11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | violation of the immigration laws; or 12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) protecting the territory of the State. 13 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) A |
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| 53 | 53 | | LIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 15 |
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| 54 | 54 | | given such term in section 101 of the Immigration 16 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 17 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) B |
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| 57 | 57 | | ARRIER.—The term ‘‘barrier’’ means any 18 |
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| 58 | 58 | | physical structure intended to secure the border, in-19 |
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| 59 | 59 | | cluding a wall, fence, or floating buoy. 20 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (3) I |
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| 61 | 61 | | MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-21 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion laws’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-22 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 23 |
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| 64 | 64 | | U.S.C. 1101). 24 |
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