HR 29 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Border Safety and Security Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 9, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Chip Roy R-TX

Latest action · Feb 8, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

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.

IntroducedJan 9, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Border Safety and Security Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the entry of any non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) without valid entry documents during any period when DHS cannot detain such an individual or return the individual to a foreign country contiguous to the United States. A state may sue DHS to enforce this requirement.

(Under current law, non-U.S. nationals who arrive at the border without entry documents are generally subject to expedited removal. However, if such an individual is found to have a credible fear of persecution, they are typically subject to detention while their asylum claim is being considered.)

The bill also authorizes DHS to suspend the entry of non-U.S. nationals without entry documents at the border if DHS determines that such a suspension is necessary to achieve operational control over such a border.

Cosponsors 73

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2023 to Apr 23, 2024; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IA	Ashley Hinson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-VA	Ben Cline	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-LA	Garret Graves	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 9, 2023
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-GA	Marjorie Taylor Greene	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-ID	Russ Fulcher	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-WI	Scott Fitzgerald	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TN	Andrew Ogles		Jan 11, 2023
R-FL	Anna Paulina Luna		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne		Jan 11, 2023
R-VA	Bob Good		Jan 11, 2023
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Jan 11, 2023
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jan 11, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jan 11, 2023
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jan 11, 2023
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman		Jan 11, 2023
R-PA	John Joyce		Jan 11, 2023
R-TN	John W. Rose		Jan 11, 2023
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Jan 11, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert		Jan 11, 2023
R-TN	Mark E. Green		Jan 11, 2023
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Morgan Luttrell		Jan 11, 2023
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson		Jan 11, 2023
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Jan 11, 2023
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Jan 11, 2023
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Wesley Hunt		Jan 11, 2023
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jan 20, 2023
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jan 20, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Jan 20, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen		Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Kat Cammack		Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jan 26, 2023
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jan 26, 2023
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jan 26, 2023
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jan 26, 2023
R-GA	Richard McCormick		Jan 26, 2023
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jan 26, 2023
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Feb 21, 2023
R-OH	Mike Carey		Feb 21, 2023
R-NE	Mike Flood		Mar 1, 2023
R-TX	Monica De La Cruz		Mar 28, 2023
R-AZ	Elijah Crane		Apr 6, 2023
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Apr 6, 2023
R-GA	Mike Collins		Apr 10, 2023
R-TX	Keith Self		May 9, 2023
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Apr 23, 2024

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 Jan 9, 2023
	Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Feb 8, 2023
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 9, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 8, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2023Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jan 24, 2023H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023As Introduced on January 9, 2023

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution--to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 7, January 9, 2023, page H108.

Printed hearings 4

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. 118-1	EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE: EXAMINING SECRETARY MAYORKAS' BORDER CRISIS122 pages	Homeland Security Committee	Feb 28, 2023
Serial No. 118-4	THE BIDEN BORDER CRISIS, PART II72 pages	Judiciary Committee	Feb 23, 2023
Serial No. 118-2	ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BORDER CRISIS: A HEARING WITH CHIEF PATROL AGENTS87 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Feb 7, 2023
Serial No. 118-2	THE BIDEN BORDER CRISIS: PART I161 pages	Judiciary Committee	Feb 1, 2023

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2	Secure the Border Act of 2023	Related bill	Dec 17, 2024
S 696	Border Safety and Security Act of 2023	Related bill	Mar 8, 2023
S 2824	Secure the Border Act of 2023	Related bill	Jan 11, 2024
HR 7772	Border Safety and Security Act of 2022	Reintroduction of	Nov 1, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend the entry of aliens, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Border Safety and Security Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House

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