RAIDER Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 326 To prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. STABE- NOW, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without spe- cific statutory authorization from Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restrictions Against 4 Illegitimate Declarations for Emergency Re-appropria- 5 tions Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘RAIDER Act of 2019’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S326.IS S326 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 326 IS SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR 1 CONSTRUCTION OF BARRIERS OR LAND SEI- 2 ZURE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 3 Notwithstanding section 201 of the National Emer- 4 gencies Act of 1976 (50 U.S.C. 1621), section 2808 of 5 title 10, United States Code, section 923 of the Water Re- 6 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2293), or 7 any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or other- 8 wise made available prior to the date of the enactment 9 of this Act may be used for the construction of barriers, 10 land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the 11 southern border without specific statutory authorization 12 from Congress. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S326.IS S326 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS