Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011
Latest action · Jan 31, 2011 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.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Attorney General to provide to a state on a U.S. border up to 500 additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents to patrol and defend the border, combat drug trafficking, and combat smuggling of firearms, explosives, alcohol, and tobacco if the state's governor declares an international border security emergency and requests such agents.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) increase the number of U.S. Border Patrol helicopters and power boats; (2) establish a fleet of motor vehicles appropriate for use by the Border Patrol; (3) equip such motor vehicles with portable computers with access to law enforcement databases; (4) augment existing radio communication systems in areas in which the Border Patrol operates; and (5) provide Border Patrol agents with global positioning system devices, night vision equipment, high-quality body armor, reliable and effective weapons, and uniforms. Establishes the ATF, DEA, and Border Patrol Task Force to monitor and report to Congress and the President on the trade and sale of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives along U.S. borders.
Authorizes the Attorney General to make border security grants to sheriffs' offices and police departments in counties within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Jan 5, 2011 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jan 31, 2011 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jan 24, 2011 | |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 24, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- Jan 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2011Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H44.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for emergency deployments of United States Border Patrol agents and to increase the number of DEA and ATF agents along the international border of the United States to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other lawful activities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Advisory bodies
- Arizona
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- California
- Canada
- Computers and information technology
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Homeland Security
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Firearms and explosives
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Immigration
- Intergovernmental relations
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mexico
- Motor vehicles
- New Mexico
- Smuggling and trafficking
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Texas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
