Border Response Resilience Act
Latest action · May 27, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMay 27, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Response 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 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 27, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | May 27, 2021 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Mar 21, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 27, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2321 | Border Surge Response and Resilience Act | Related bill | Apr 2, 2021 |
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
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Human trafficking
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Latin America
- Mental health
- Mexico
- Natural disasters
- Performance measurement
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
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