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No Walls Act

H.R. 522 · 116th Congress · Feb 17, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To prohibit the creation of manufactured emergencies in order to build border walls.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “No Walls Act”.

Sec. 2 No national emergency declarations for border walls during shutdowns

(a)
In general— No funds made available by any act of law may be used to declare a national emergency with respect to immigration concerns at America’s southern border with Mexico or to erect any new border barriers, including fencing or walls, pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency.
(b)
Applicability— Subsection (a) shall be enforced during periods in which any Federal agency experiences a lapse in appropriations.