CONTAINER Act
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 by Sen. Marsha Blackburn
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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