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S. 157

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CONTAINER Act
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Latest Action · January 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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January 21, 2025
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119th (2025–2027)
S. 157
Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act or CONTAINER ActThis bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to allow border states to place temporary, movable structures on federal lands adjacent to the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders without a special use authorization.Border states may place these structures on such lands for the purpose of securing the northern or southern border for a period of not more than one year. Interior and the Forest Service must approve extension requests in 90-day increments if U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that operational control of the border area has not been achieved.

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s157/BILLS-119s157is.htm

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s157/BILLS-119s157is.htm

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