,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cidc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #d1         
#bjag,mr4 ,o',rourke 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez
 of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1  
,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4       
,peters1 and ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan      
,grisham of ,new ,mexico7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,judiciary1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act to prohibit the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security and   
the ,attorney ,general from using       
eminent domain to acquire land for the  
purpose of constructing a wall1 or other
 physical barrier1 along the            
international border between the ,united

 ,states and ,mexico1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting the     
,property ,rights of ,border ,landowners
 ,act4  #b4 ,use of eminent domain to   
acquire land for purposes of border wall
 prohibited ,section #ajc7;b7 of the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aajc7;b77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking    
,attorney ,general may and inserting    
,attorney ,general and the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security may2 and  7,b7 by  
striking the ,attorney ,general deems   
and inserting the ,attorney ,general or 
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1  
as applicable1 deems2  7#b7 in paragraph
 7#b7--  7,a7 by striking ,attorney     
,general may and inserting ,attorney    
,general and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security may2 and  7,b7 by striking   
the ,attorney ,general considers and    
inserting the ,attorney ,general or the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 as   
applicable1 considers2  7#c7 in         

paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 by striking       
,attorney ,general and the lawful owner 
and inserting ,attorney ,general or the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 as   
applicable1 and the lawful owner2  7,b7 
by striking ,attorney ,general may and  
inserting ,attorney ,general or the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 as   
applicable1 may2 and  7,c7 by inserting 
before the period at the end the        
following3 1 except that neither the    
,attorney ,general nor the ,secretary   
may commence any such proceedings for   
the acquisition of any interest in land 
for the purpose of constructing a wall1 
or other physical barrier1 along the    
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico2 and  7#d7 in      
paragraph 7#d71 by striking ,attorney   
,general may and inserting ,attorney    
,general and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security may4