CONTAINER Act
- Bill Number
- H.R. 534
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T21:58:37Z
Official Summary
Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act or CONTAINER Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to allow border states to place temporary, movable structures on federal lands adjacent to the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders without a special use authorization.
Border states may place these structures on such lands for the purpose of securing the northern or southern border for a period of not more than one year. Interior and the Forest Service must approve extension requests in 90-day increments if U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that operational control of the border area has not been achieved.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (9)
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11], Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22], Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9], Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3], Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24], Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3], Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24], Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Creating Obstructions Necessary To Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act — issued 2025-01-16 — PDF (5 pages)