119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 5, 2025
PATROL Act
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Latest action (Feb 5, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 5, 2025)
Preventing Aliens Through Rivers or Land Act or the PATROL Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from bringing certain civil actions against a state for building a physical structure impacting navigable waters along the U.S. border for security purposes. Specifically, the DOJ is prohibited from bringing an action for (1) the construction of a bridge, causeway, dam, dike, or other structure over or in a port, harbor, or other navigable water of the United States without federal approval; or (2) the creation of any obstruction to the navigable capacity of waters of the United States without federal approval.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 22, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t for America Act," all provisions. HR318 "Border Security and Safety Act," all provisions. HR778 "Safeguarding American Workers Benefits Act," all provisions. HR992 "Prevent Aliens Through Rivers or Land (PATROL) Act," all provisions. S 225 "End Unaccountable Amnesty Act," all provisions.
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