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S157Referred to Committee

CONTAINER Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-21
Introduced
10
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
Republican · TN · Senator
Votes with party: 33.0% (312 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001243

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (10)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)Original· 2025-01-21
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-01-21
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX)Original· 2025-01-21
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)· 2025-01-23
  • John Cornyn (R-TX)· 2025-01-23
  • Ted Budd (R-NC)· 2025-01-23
  • Bernie Moreno (R-OH)· 2025-01-24
  • Mike Rounds (R-SD)· 2025-02-11
  • John Hoeven (R-ND)· 2025-02-12

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2025-01-21

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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