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Rob Bishop: I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as…

On the recordJune 19, 2012
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 1401, 1402, and 1403, and insert the following: SEC. 1401. WAIVER OF FEDERAL LAWS WITH RESPECT TO BORDER SECURITY ACTIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LANDS. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act''. (b) Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.--The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture shall not impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Federal land located within 100 miles of an international land border, that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through the international land borders of the United States. (c) Authorized Activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall have access to Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of conducting the following activities on such land that assist in securing the international land borders of the United States: (1) Construction and maintenance of roads.…
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah
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Jun 19, 2012

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