HR 5256 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Southern Border Security Act of 2010

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 13, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 11, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Southern Border Security Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to hire, train, and deploy 2,000 additional Border Patrol agents along the southwest border of the United States by September 30, 2010, and another 1,500 agents by September 30, 2011.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 19, 2010.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZEd PastorMay 19, 2010

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 13, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
  2. May 11, 2010Introduced in House
  3. May 11, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1900Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention ActRelated billMay 26, 2009
HR 3308SAVE Act of 2009Related billJun 18, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 11, 2010Introduced in House

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