H. R. 1820
Introduced in House · March 21, 2025March 4, 2025
Mr. Ciscomani (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Tenney, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Budget, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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.
1. Short title; 2. Table of contents; 3. Definitions; 4. Savings clause; TITLE I—SECURING FEDERAL BORDER LANDS; 101. Enhancing border security through the construction of navigable roads along Federal border lands; 102. U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to wilderness areas; 103. Placement of movable, temporary structures on certain Federal land to secure the southern border of the United States; 104. Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture; 105. Interagency cooperative agreement; TITLE II—ENDING ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION ON PUBLIC LANDS; 201. Definitions; 202. Policies and procedures to reduce trash along the southern border; 203. Transparency and accountability in trash accumulation on the southern border; 204. Penalties and fines; 211. Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response Initiatives; 212. Criminal penalties for illegal pesticide application; 213. Protection of national forests; Rules and regulations; 214. Protection of Federal land; Rules and regulations; 221. Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative; 222. Mitigating environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration; TITLE III—PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FAILURE TO SECURE THE BORDER; 301. Definitions; 302. Prohibition on providing housing to specified aliens; 303. Report