National Border and Homeland Security Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Border and Homeland Security Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding priority to: (1) northern or southern border states, or (2) state political subdivisions having one of the four largest populations of unlawfully present aliens for the preceding fiscal year.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to complete the required 700 mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2015.
Amends the Secure Fence Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2015.
Directs the Secretary to:
- increase the number of full-time, active-duty Border Patrol agents through FY2018;
- increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at U.S. ports of entry through FY2018; and
- establish within 18 months the biometric entry and exit data system required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from impeding border security-related activities by the Secretary on U.S. public lands.
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (of DHS), in protecting the United States from a nuclear, fissile material, or radiological attack, to consider potential smuggling routes in land border areas between ports of entry, railcars entering the United States from Canada or Mexico, and private aircraft or small vessels.
Directs the Secretary to procure within one year the number of next generation portable radiation detectors (PRDs) and radioactive isotope identification devices (RIIDs) required by the Border Patrol along the southern and northern U.S. borders.
Directs the Secretary to develop within one year, and implement within two years of development, a strategic plan to detect and interdict biological and chemical weapons entering the United States.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2014 to Nov 19, 2014, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TX | Steve Stockman | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jul 11, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jul 11, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
- Jul 2, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jun 25, 2014Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Arizona
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- California
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- General public lands matters
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Immigration
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Mexico
- New Mexico
- Nuclear weapons
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Railroads
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Texas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2014Introduced in House
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