H.R. 4034: Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
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H.R. 4034: Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-11-17 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-11-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
Plain summary
Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015 This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2017. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2017. National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act Neither the Department of the Interior nor the Department of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land under their respective jurisdictions within 100 miles of an international land border to: execute search and rescue operations; and prevent unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through such border. CBP shall have access to such lands to conduct: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance, (2) vehicular patrols, (3) surveillance activities, and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.
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Official text
Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · 5 cosponsors
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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4034.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4034 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114