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H.R. 534In committee
CONTAINER Act
Introduced: Jan 16, 2025
Latest action date: Feb 20, 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Jan 16, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act or CONTAINER Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to allow border states to place temporary, movable structures on federal lands adjacent to the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders without a special use authorization.
Border states may place these structures on such lands for the purpose of securing the northern or southern border for a period of not more than one year. Interior and the Forest Service must approve extension requests in 90-day increments if U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that operational control of the border area has not been achieved.
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Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Border security and unlawful immigrationLand use and conservationState and local government operations
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Agriculture Committee
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Natural Resources Committee
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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