PATROL Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 5, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 101 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 69 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 207 words
- Latest action
- Feb 5, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]