Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between FY2010-FY2014, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel for U.S. ports of entry by not fewer than 5,000, 1,200, and 350, respectively, above the number of such personnel for which funds were made available during FY2009.
Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2010-FY2014 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2009 to Apr 29, 2010; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-NM | Harry Teague | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2009 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 20, 2009 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
- Mar 24, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- Mar 20, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Homeland Security
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Agriculture
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-40 | CARGO SECURITY AT LAND PORTS OF ENTRY: ARE WE MEETING THE CHALLENGE?67 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Oct 22, 2009 |
| Serial No. 111-18 | IMPLEMENTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE AT LAND AND SEA PORTS: ARE WE READY?63 pages | Homeland Security Committee | May 7, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in House
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