House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FLASH Act
Official title: To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border security through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.
Sponsor: Rep. Juan Ciscomani R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1820.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 41, March 4, 2025, Page H975):Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1820, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), J. Hill (R-AR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), David Rouzer (R-NC), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani.
- H.R. 6380 (119th) Chiricahua National Park Act
- H.R. 755 (119th) Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1458 (119th) VETS Opportunity Act of 2025
- H.R. 6247 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the "Mayor Ed…
- H.R. 3579 (119th) Veterans Readiness and Employment Program Integrity Act
- H.R. 3951 (119th) Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.