H.R. 365: This Land Is Our Land Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · 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 Security, Facilitation, and Operations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

This Land Is Our Land Act

Plain summary

This Land Is Our Land Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from constructing, or obligating or expending any funds for the construction of, any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States. The bill prohibits the President from obligating or expending funds for the construction of any new border barrier, including walls or fences along the border between the United States and Mexico, pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency. The bill declares that any authorization to exercise, in the name of the United States, the right of eminent domain, shall have no force or effect, to the extent that the purpose is the construction of any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal lands under the jurisdiction of Interior or USDA within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

This Land Is Our Land Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · 14 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] reported raising $2.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr365.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr365 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116