To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Immigration, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H99A78ACB448C4443B888086F146E81BA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act.
- Section H1F5216D591F4478A8DE5C2783AB740AB: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section HC1038931B39443A5AAA6B7FD6ACCD579: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the...
- Section H4AE3D50563714907B92C94CC21D11945: 4. Savings clause Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide— authority to restrict legal uses, such as grazing, timber harvesting, hunting, oil and gas...
- Section H746826A60FD54B518BAC66888F5539D9: 101. Enhancing border security through the construction of navigable roads along Federal border lands In this section: The term navigable road means a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Immigration, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Ciscomani (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Green of Tennessee, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or litter left or created by humans and disposed of— without authorization from the Federal agency administering the area where the waste is found
a continuous path— able to accommodate at least a standard vehicle
any Federal land or an interest in land administered by the Secretary of the Interior acting through— the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except land held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of an Indian Tribe)
the owner of property that is adjacent to land— that is under the jurisdiction of a Secretary concerned
a State that abuts the southern border. The term covered Federal lands means land— owned by the United States
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