Congressional Border Security Assessment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 103 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 103 To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to assess the security of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide Members of Congress lawful access to certain Indian land to assess the security of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico located on that Indian land, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Border Security Assessment Act''.

(a) In General.--A member of Congress and any Congressional staff accompanying that member shall have lawful access to any Indian reservation that includes 50 or more contiguous miles of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico for the purpose of obtaining information for assessing national security, public safety, and the security of the international boundary. Such lawful access shall extend to any roadways or easements on Indian country. (b) Definition of Indian Country.--For the purposes of this section, the term ``Indian country'' shall have the meaning given that term in

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