H.R. 1233: Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

Plain summary

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a fund to assist eligible individuals when the government seeks to acquire or condemn such individuals' property for the purpose of building physical barriers or roads along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS shall not take actions toward construction of such barriers or roads until the fund is made available to eligible property owners and such owners are informed as to how to access support through the fund. Assistance through the fund shall be limited to low-income property owners or those who lack adequate resources to secure representation against the government, as determined by DHS.

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Official text

Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] · 6 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1233.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1233 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116