Border Act of 2024
Latest action · May 23, 2024 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 182. (CR S3878)
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 16, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Act of 2024
The bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to address the processing of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) and provides supplemental appropriations for related purposes.
Among other provisions, the bill provides DHS emergency authority to summarily remove or prohibit the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals within 100 miles of the southwest land border. DHS may exercise this authority if DHS encounters an average of 4,000 non-U.S. nationals within a seven-day period. If the number of encounters reach certain higher thresholds, DHS must exercise the emergency authority. This emergency border authority expires after three years and may be modified by the President under specified circumstances.
Next, the bill establishes an expedited process that authorizes asylum officers to adjudicate certain asylum claims. Among other provisions, these provisional noncustodial removal proceedings impose certain target timelines for determining asylum claims and limit review of denied claims. The bill also establishes a stricter threshold for individuals to remain in the United States pending adjudication of an asylum petition.
The bill extends and establishes immigration pathways for Afghan citizens or nationals, including by (1) making certain individuals admitted or paroled to the United States eligible for conditional permanent resident status, and (2) expanding eligibility for special immigrant visas for certain individuals who were injured while supporting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
The bill also increases base pay for asylum officers and grants DHS temporary direct hire authority to hire personnel to implement the bill.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate 182 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 4361 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected43–50 | May 23, 2024 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3862)
- May 23, 2024Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 182. (CR S3878)
- May 22, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3819)
- May 21, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3783)
- May 21, 2024Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S3783)
- May 20, 2024Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
- May 16, 2024Introduced in Senate
- May 16, 2024Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 6
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3938, S3939 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3862, S3865, S3876, S3877, S3901Amendments S3894, S3896Motions S3862Cloture motions S3878Recorded votes S3878cloture motion on motion to proceed | Alex Padilla D-CA, Angus S. King Jr. I-ME (cloture motion), Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (cloture motion), Brian Schatz D-HI (cloture motion), Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV (cloture motion), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion, motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Christopher Murphy D-CT (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Eric Schmitt R-MO, Gary C. Peters D-MI (cloture motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), James Lankford R-OK, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (cloture motion), John W. Hickenlooper D-CO (cloture motion), Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY (cloture motion), Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ, Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH (cloture motion), Mark R. Warner D-VA (cloture motion), Mike Rounds R-SD (amendment), Richard J. Durbin D-IL (cloture motion), Tammy Baldwin D-WI (cloture motion), Tammy Duckworth D-IL (cloture motion) | May 23, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3819, S3820, S3830–S3836, S3838, S3839 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Christopher Murphy D-CT, Debbie Stabenow D-MI, Gary C. Peters D-MI, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Jon Ossoff D-GA, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Tammy Baldwin D-WI, Thomas R. Carper D-DE, Tim Kaine D-VA | May 22, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3783–S3788, S3791–S3796, S3800–S3802Amendments S3817Motions S3783Cloture motions S3783 | Angus S. King Jr. I-ME (cloture motion), Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (cloture motion), Brian Schatz D-HI (cloture motion), Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV (cloture motion), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion, motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Christopher Murphy D-CT (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Gary C. Peters D-MI (cloture motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), James Lankford R-OK, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (cloture motion), John Barrasso R-WY (amendment), John Thune R-SD, John W. Hickenlooper D-CO (cloture motion), Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY (cloture motion), Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH (cloture motion), Mark R. Warner D-VA (cloture motion), Mike Lee R-UT, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Richard J. Durbin D-IL (cloture motion), Roger Marshall R-KS, Ron Johnson R-WI, Tammy Baldwin D-WI (cloture motion), Tammy Duckworth D-IL (cloture motion), Ted Cruz R-TX | May 21, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3781 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | May 20, 2024 |
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48802 | Development of the U.S. Asylum System: In Brief | Report | Jan 20, 2026 |
| R47901 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 118th Congress | Report | Sep 5, 2024 |
Amendments 4
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2067 | No description on file | John Barrasso R-WY | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2068 | No description on file | Mike Rounds R-SD | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2069 | No description on file | Mike Rounds R-SD | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2070 | No description on file | Mike Rounds R-SD | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8496 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the definition of protection determination and protection merits interview. | Related bill | May 22, 2024 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles for portions of this bill from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Border Security and Combatting Fentanyl Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
- Border Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Border Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Advisory bodies
- Afghanistan
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Child safety and welfare
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Due process and equal protection
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Judges
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Marriage and family status
- Performance measurement
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Research and development
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Specialized courts
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2024Placed on Calendar Senate
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.
