To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that the operating hours of all ports of entry located on the United States-Canada border are equal to or greater than the operating hours that were in place immediately before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Feb 15, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Feb 15, 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 Jul 27, 2023 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2023Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Jul 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4143.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2562 | A bill to require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Identical bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced 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.
