HR 1542 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act

Introduced Mar 10, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Monica De La Cruz R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 10, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act

This bill prohibits any officer or official of the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Secretary of DHS, from using any federal executive aircraft until certain conditions relating to the border have been met.

Specifically, the prohibition shall apply until

  • the number of encounters and apprehensions of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have unlawfully crossed the border have been reduced to FY2020 numbers;
  • DHS reports to Congress a plan to place 90% of deployed U.S. Border Patrol agents in duties in the field; and
  • DHS reports to Congress a plan to offer resources, including financial support, to local communities and governments.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2023 to May 23, 2023, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalMar 10, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalMar 10, 2023
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaOriginalMar 10, 2023
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenOriginalMar 10, 2023
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneOriginalMar 10, 2023
R-NYGeorge SantosApr 18, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinMay 23, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
  2. Mar 10, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 10, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2023Introduced in House

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