Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act”.
Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General from using eminent domain to acquire land for the purpose of constructing a wall, or other physical barrier, along the international border between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Use of eminent domain to acquire land for purposes of border wall prohibited
Section 103(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking “Attorney General may” and inserting “Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security may”; and
by striking “the Attorney General deems” and inserting “the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, deems”;
in paragraph (2)—
by striking “Attorney General may” and inserting “Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security may”; and
by striking “the Attorney General considers” and inserting “the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, considers”;
in paragraph (3)—
by striking “Attorney General and the lawful owner” and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, and the lawful owner”;
by striking “Attorney General may” and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, may”; and
by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that neither the Attorney General nor the Secretary may commence any such proceedings for the acquisition of any interest in land for the purpose of constructing a wall, or other physical barrier, along the international border between the United States and Mexico”; and
in paragraph (4), by striking “Attorney General may” and inserting “Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security may”.