H.R. 2579: EXIT Act of 2021
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H.R. 2579: EXIT Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-15 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-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 Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
EXIT Act of 2021
Plain summary
Eradicate Crossing of Illegal Tunnels Act of 2021 or the EXIT Act of 2021 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions to facilitate the search for and remediation of unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land. Specifically, DHS may waive federal, state, or local environmental permits and reviews as necessary to search for or remediate such tunnels. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may enter into indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with two or more sources to facilitate such border tunnel activities. (Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts provide for an indefinite quantity of services for a fixed time.)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · 10 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Brian Babin (R-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Ted Budd (R-NC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr2579.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr2579 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117