CAUSA Initiatives Act
Latest action · Sep 8, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Central American and USA Initiatives Act or the CAUSA Initiatives Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with Canada, Mexico, and the countries of Central America to establish a program to:
- assess the needs of Central American countries to maintain the security of their international borders;
- determine the support needed by such countries from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to meet such needs; and
- assess the current structure for handling displaced minors and other vulnerable individuals in Central American countries and make recommendations to improve such structure.
Directs the Secretary to work with:
- the Caribbean countries to establish a program to address maritime border security; and
- Mexico to establish a program to help secure Mexico's southern border from undocumented aliens, drugs, weapons, and other contraband.
Directs the Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to:
- ensure that adequate facilities and sustaining needs (food, water, medical care, and sanitary facilities) are provided to an individual apprehended and detained by the Border Patrol as soon as practicable,
- ensure that an individual unlawfully present in the United States who is apprehended by a Border Patrol agent is promptly provided with information concerning such individual's rights, and
- maintain a database on individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are apprehended and detained by Border Patrol agents.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| Western Hemisphere Subcommittee | Referred Sep 8, 2014 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Aug 6, 2014 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
- Aug 6, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2014Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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 H7127.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a North and Central American and Caribbean border security cooperation initiative, enhance the security of Mexico's southern border, improve United States short term detention standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- CAUSA Initiatives Act
- Central American and USA Initiatives Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Canada
- Caribbean area
- Central America
- Child safety and welfare
- Detention of persons
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Firearms and explosives
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- International organizations and cooperation
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Research and development
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
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