Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015
Latest action · Jul 28, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 25, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) ensure that each border security technology acquisition program that is determined to be a major acquisition program has an acquisition program baseline approved by the relevant acquisition decision authority; (2) document that each such program is meeting the cost, schedule, and performance thresholds specified in such baseline in compliance with relevant departmental acquisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (3) have a plan for each such program to meet program implementation objectives by managing contractor performance.
Directs: (1) the Under Secretary for Management and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that border security technology acquisition program managers adhere to relevant internal control standards identified by the Comptroller General, and (2) the Commissioner to provide information to assist the Under Secretary in monitoring proper program management of such acquisition programs.
Requires the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the Commissioner, to submit a plan for testing and evaluation, as well as the use of independent verification and validation resources, for border security technology so that new border security technologies are evaluated through a series of assessments, processes, and audits to ensure compliance with relevant departmental acquisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as well as the effectiveness of taxpayer dollars.
Defines "major acquisition program" to mean a DHS acquisition program that is estimated by DHS to require an eventual total expenditure of at least $300 million over its life cycle cost.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2015 to Jun 1, 2015; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Mar 25, 2015 |
| R-OK | Steve Russell | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | May 8, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Jun 1, 2015 |
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 Mar 25, 2015Markup Jun 25, 2015Reported Jul 27, 2015 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2015 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 27, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-226.
- Jul 27, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
- Jul 27, 2015Ms. McSally moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 27, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5494-5495)
- Jul 27, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1634.
- Jul 27, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5494)
- Jul 27, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 25, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 25, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 7, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Mar 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5494, H5495Text printed H5494 | Filemon Vela D-TX, Martha McSally R-AZ | Jul 27, 2015 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 24, 2015H.R. 1634, Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 50, March 25, 2015, page H2035.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44230 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Sep 9, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1873 | Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Apr 4, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Referred in Senate
- Jul 27, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jul 27, 2015Reported in House
- Mar 25, 2015Introduced 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.
