Central America Reform and Enforcement Act
Latest action · Oct 2, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6439-6450)
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.
- IntroducedOct 2, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Central America Reform and Enforcement Act
This bill requires the Deaprtment of State to submit to Congress the United States Strategy for Engagement in Central America, a seven-year strategy to advance reforms in Central American countries that address the factors driving migration to the United States. The bill sets forth elements of such strategy, including strengthening the rule of law, combatting corruption, and confronting and countering violence and crime perpetrated by armed criminal gangs.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2018 to Nov 13, 2018; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Oct 4, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 9, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Oct 10, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Nov 13, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Oct 2, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6439-6450)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S6439–S6450 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY (text) | Oct 2, 2018 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45120 | Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1445 | Central America Reform and Enforcement Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 14, 2019 |
| S 2468 | Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2018 | Related bill | Feb 28, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide a coordinated regional response to manage effectively the endemic violence and humanitarian crisis in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Central America Reform and Enforcement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Air quality
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Due process and equal protection
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- El Salvador
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Environmental technology
- Evidence and witnesses
- Family relationships
- Federal officials
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Freedom of information
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- Guatemala
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Honduras
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International organizations and cooperation
- Judges
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Labor standards
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Mental health
- Mexico
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- News media and reporting
- Nutrition and diet
- Organized crime
- Political parties and affiliation
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Small business
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Specialized courts
- United Nations
- User charges and fees
- Violent crime
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2018Introduced 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.
