DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
Latest action · Nov 28, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
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.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 5, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
This bill authorizes for FY2023 and FY2024 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities to identify and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels. CBP shall also develop and report to Congress a strategic plan to guide and improve such operations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2021 to Feb 18, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Jun 28, 2021 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Feb 18, 2022 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 28, 2021Markup Jul 29, 2021 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 30, 2021Discharged Jul 29, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2022Markup Sep 28, 2022Reported Nov 28, 2022 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 28, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-215.
- Nov 28, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
- Sep 28, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 6, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 5, 2022Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 5, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4165-4168)
- Apr 5, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4209.
- Apr 5, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4165)
- Apr 5, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 28, 2021Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Discharged.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Jun 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E364 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 6, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4165–H4168Text printed H4165 | August Pfluger R-TX, Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ, Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA, John Katko R-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 5, 2022 |
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 estimates 2
- Oct 20, 2022H.R. 4209, DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 28, 2022
- Nov 8, 2021H.R. 4209, DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 112, June 28, 2021, page H3240.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47061 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 117th Congress | Report | Oct 21, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4339 | DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act | Related bill | May 26, 2022 |
| HR 7776 | James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | Related bill | Dec 23, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 28, 2022Reported to Senate
- Apr 6, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 5, 2022Engrossed in House
- Jun 28, 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.
