Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
Latest action · Apr 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
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.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a plan for responding to irregular increases in migration at the border that present risks to border security.
The plan shall include various elements including (1) a list of each agency, component, and office involved; (2) a process for quickly expanding capacity to temporarily process and hold individuals; and (3) a strategy for coordinating with local governments and other entities when DHS releases detained individuals.
DHS must also identify metric thresholds for determining when to activate the plan and must activate the plan when such thresholds are satisfied.
Furthermore, DHS must notify Congress no later than 14 days after activating the plan.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-MI | Peter Meijer | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Apr 8, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2021 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2021 | |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Apr 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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 H1971 | Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, John Katko R-NY | Apr 20, 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. 59, April 1, 2021, page H1707.
Printed hearings 2
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. 117-43 | MEMBER DAY HEARING189 pages | Judiciary Committee | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Serial No. 117-19 | A REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY68 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 17, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1949 | Border Response Resilience Act | Related bill | May 27, 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 establish a plan to respond to irregular migration surges at the border, to establish an irregular migration surge border response fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Human trafficking
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Performance measurement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 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.
