,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cifh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,hartzler 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 clarify that   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
may waive certain environmental         
requirements to permit ,u4,s4 ,customs  
and ,border ,protection and ,u4,s4      
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
to search for unlawful border crossing  
tunnels on private land to prevent the  
illegal entry of aliens into the ,united
 ,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,eradicate ,crossing of ,illegal    

,tunnels ,act of #bjai or the ,,exit    
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,unlawful border    
crossing tunnel search and remediation  
7a7 ,waiver authority of certain        
environmental requirements regarding    
tunnel actions on private land ,section 
#bhg of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aceg7  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new subsection3  7i7 ,waiver  
authority of certain environmental      
requirements regarding tunnel actions on
 private land ,notwithstanding any other
 provision of law1 the ,secretary of    
,homeland ,security shall have the      
authority to waive all requirements     
relating to ,federal1 ,state1 or local  
environmental permits and reviews such  
,secretary1 in such ,secretary's sole   
discretion1 determines necessary to     
search for and remediate unlawful border
 crossing tunnels under subsection      
7a77#c74 ,any such decision by the      
,secretary shall be effective upon being
 published in the ,federal ,register4  4

  7b7 ,contract authority  7#a7 ,in     
general ,to search for and remediate    
unlawful border crossing tunnels in     
accordance with section #bhg of the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aceg71 the ,commissioner of  
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
and the ,director of ,u4,s4 ,immigration
 and ,customs ,enforcement are          
authorized to enter into indefinite     
delivery1 indefinite quantity contracts4
  7#b7 ,definition ,in this subsection1 
the term indefinite delivery1 indefinite
 quantity contract means a contract that
 is entered into by the head of a       
,federal agency with two or more sources
 pursuant to the same solicitation4  7c7
 ,clarification regarding actions on    
private land ,paragraph 7#c7 of section 
#bhg7;a7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aceg7;a77 is amended by inserting 1    
including to search for and remediate   
unlawful border crossing tunnels1 after 
patrolling the border4