,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,vela 7for himself and ,mr4   
,thompson of ,mississippi7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security1 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 ,homeland      
,security ,act of #bjjb to prohibit     
seizing private land for a border wall1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preventing the ,taking of ,americans'  
,land to ,build ,trump's ,wall ,act4    
#b4 ,prohibitions on seizing private    
land for a border wall  7a7 ,in general 
,subtitle ,h of title ,,viii of the     
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #dea et seq47 is amended by   

adding at the end the following new     
section3  #hij;,b4 ,limitation on       
seizing private land for a border wall  
system  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding
 subsections 7b77#a71 7b77#b71 7c77#a71 
and 7d77#a7 of section #caad of title   
#dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other
 provision of law1 until such time as   
the ,secretary submits to ,congress a   
certification that each property owner  
whose property the ,united ,states      
,government seeks to condemn or acquire 
for the purpose of constructing or      
installing additional physical barriers 
or roads between ports of entry along   
the land border with ,mexico has        
received payment that each such property
 owner accepts as just compensation as  
established by judgment at the          
conclusion of the judicial process under
 section #caac of such title1 the       
following prohibitions shall apply with 
respect to each such property owner and 
the property of such property owner3    
7#a7 ,the ,government may not take      

possession of or title to the property  
of such property owner4  7#b7 ,the      
,government may not alter in any way the
 property of such property owner4  7b7  
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
property means land1 including an estate
 or interest in land1 including an      
easement or right of way in land4  4    
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
contents in section #a7;b7 of the       
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb is    
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #hij;,a the         
following new item3  ,sec4 #hij;,b4     
,limitation on seizing private land for 
a border wall system4  4