HR 992
PATROL Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Michael Cloud [R-TX-27]
- Cosponsors
- 19
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Introduced
- 2025-02-05
- Latest action
- 2025-02-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-02-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- 2025-02-05: 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.
- 2025-02-05: 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.
- 2025-02-05: Introduced in House
- 2025-02-05: Introduced in House