COVID–19 Border Protection (CBP) Act
Latest action · Oct 19, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Border Protection (CBP) Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to devise and implement a strategy to ensure that no alien with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in DHS or Department of Health and Human Services custody may be released into the community during a public health emergency related to COVID-19.
Funds previously provided to the Department of State for supporting international efforts to help migrants and refugees respond to COVID-19 shall be transferred to DHS to implement this strategy.
Cosponsors 57
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2021 to Jan 25, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-MI | Peter Meijer | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 20, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Jan 25, 2022 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Mar 20, 2021 | |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 20, 2021 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Mar 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Mar 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
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 H3827 | Andrew S. Clyde R-GA | Jul 22, 2021 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 52, March 19, 2021, page H1612.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-29 | WORLDWIDE THREATS TO THE HOMELAND: 20 YEARS AFTER 9/1198 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Sep 22, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a strategy to ensure no individual in custody is released into the community during a public health emergency related to coronavirus if the individual may have a communicable disease relating to any public health emergency, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID–19 Border Protection (CBP) Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Appropriations
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Canada
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Latin America
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mexico
- Travel and tourism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced 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.
