Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 16, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
This bill 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 a major acquisition program has an acquisition program baseline approved by the relevant acquisition decision authority; (2) document program program cost, schedule, and performance compliance; and (3) have a plan for each program to meet implementation objectives by managing contractor performance.
DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall ensure that border security technology acquisition program managers adhere to internal control standards identified by the Government Accountability Office.
DHS shall submit a plan for testing border security technology so that new border security technologies are evaluated to ensure: (1) compliance with relevant departmental acquisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and (2) the effectiveness of taxpayer dollars.
"Major acquisition program" means 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 3, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 3, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 12, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Apr 16, 2018 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Feb 22, 2018Exchange of letters Feb 23, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-230.
- Apr 16, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.
- Oct 4, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 12, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jan 12, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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
- Oct 13, 2017S. 146, Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 4, 2017
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 505 | Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 1, 2017 |
| S 3478 | FAMILIES Act | Related bill | Sep 18, 2018 |
| HR 3548 | Border Security for America Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2018 |
| HR 6415 | American Border Act | Related bill | Sep 19, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2018Reported to Senate
- Jan 12, 2017Introduced 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.
