Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015
Latest action · Sep 21, 2015 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
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 17, 2015
- Passed SenateSep 9, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 18, 2015
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term "born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut.
Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency.
An individual who violates the provisions of this Act is subject to a criminal fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
An individual who commits an overt act that kills a child born alive is subject to criminal prosecution for murder.
The legislation bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate the provisions of this Act, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony.
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this Act.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2015 to Sep 10, 2015; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 17, 2015 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Jun 17, 2015 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jun 17, 2015 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Aug 5, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Sep 10, 2015 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2015Markup Jun 24, 2015Reported Aug 5, 2015 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 14, 2015 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2015Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Sep 18, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 421.
- Sep 14, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Sep 10, 2015Received in the House.
- Sep 10, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
- Sep 9, 2015Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6539-6040; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6539)
- Sep 9, 2015The committee reported substitute amendment was withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6539)
- Sep 9, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Aug 5, 2015Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-116.
- Aug 5, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196.
- Jun 24, 2015Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 17, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jun 17, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6837 | Richard Blumenthal D-CT | Sep 21, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6096 | Virginia Foxx R-NC | Sep 17, 2015 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6551 | Bob Corker R-TN | Sep 10, 2015 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6539Text printed S6539Amendments S6538, S6539 | Deb Fischer R-NE, Ron Johnson R-WI (amendment) | Sep 9, 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 21, 2015S. 1603, Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2015
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2648 | In the nature of a substitute. | Ron Johnson R-WIfor Deb Fischer | Amendment SA 2648 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 421 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3134) to provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3504) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion; and for other purposes. | Related bill | Sep 17, 2015 |
| HR 2835 | Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015 | Related bill | Oct 16, 2015 |
| HR 3504 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Related bill | Sep 22, 2015 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to actively recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Abortion
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employee hiring
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Law enforcement officers
- Legal fees and court costs
- Medical ethics
- Military education and training
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2015Engrossed Amendment House
- Sep 10, 2015Referred in House
- Sep 9, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 5, 2015Reported to Senate
- Jun 17, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
