Smart Border Protection Act
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Border Protection Act
This bill authorizes additional appropriations for U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the General Services Administration (GSA) for operations and infrastructure at ports of entry.
Specifically, the bill authorizes additional appropriations for (1) hiring personnel for CBP operations at ports of entry; and (2) procuring, deploying, installing, maintaining, and operating screening technology at CBP ports of entry.
The bill also authorizes additional appropriations to GSA for port of entry infrastructure, including building infrastructure improvements, vehicle inspection lane expansion or improvements, pedestrian pathway and lane expansion or improvements, and modernization within ports of entry.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Original | Nov 7, 2023 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Jan 16, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Mar 8, 2024 |
Committees 4
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 Nov 7, 2023 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2023 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2023 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2024 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2023 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2023 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Nov 14, 2023 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Mar 1, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- Nov 14, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Nov 7, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 7, 2023Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
- Nov 7, 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. 184, November 7, 2023, page H5545.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize additional appropriations for certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Smart Border Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 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.
