U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act
Latest action · Jul 12, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMay 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security; (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2017 to Jun 6, 2017, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | May 26, 2017 |
| R-VA | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Original | May 26, 2017 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 6, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jun 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jun 14, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 26, 2017Introduced in House
- May 26, 2017Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Computer security and identity theft
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Firearms and explosives
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intellectual property
- Organized crime
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2017Introduced in House
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