Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland Act” or the “FLASH Act”.
Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland Act
A BILL
To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.
Sec. 2 Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 3 Definitions
In this Act:
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate.
Border State— The term Border State means a State that abuts the southern border.
Covered federal lands—
In general— The term covered Federal lands means land—
owned by the United States;
located in a unit that shares an exterior boundary with the southern border; and
administered by—
the National Park Service;
the Bureau of Land Management;
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
the Bureau of Reclamation; or
the Forest Service.
Exclusion— The term covered Federal lands does not include Federal lands held in trust for Indian Tribes.
Operational control— The term operational control has the meaning given such term in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367).
Secretary concerned— The term Secretary concerned means—
the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, with respect to National Forest System lands.
Southern border— The term southern border means the international border between the United States and Mexico.
Sec. 4 Savings clause
Protection of legal uses— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide—
authority to restrict legal uses, such as grazing, timber harvesting, hunting, oil and gas development, mining, or recreation on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture; or
any additional authority to restrict legal access to such land.
Effect on State and Private land— This Act has no force or effect on State or private lands, and nothing in this Act shall be construed as providing authority on, or access to, State or private lands.
Tribal sovereignty— Nothing in this Act supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or other agreements between the United States and Indian Tribes.
Effect on enforcement-Related detentions— Nothing in this Act shall be construed as blocking, impeding, or deterring the ability of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Defense to temporarily detain specified aliens (as such term is defined in section 301) in furtherance of border security operations.