HR2026-119

Introduced

To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Mar 11, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Environment, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H326058D4757D45438361591FBAD3C9F7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act.
  • Section HE0D53BDD64564875983F27FA72719C56: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the...
  • Section HAD035B3400614F9EA4EFA0ECA3D64308: 3. Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish...
  • Section H9E58110BC62547CBB6D53199CB61E4C0: 4. Mitigating environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Environment, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Environment Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 11, 2025

Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Environment Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Border State" §HE0D53BDD64564875983F27FA72719C56

a State that abuts the southern border. The term covered Federal lands means land— owned by the United States

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