US HB495 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 495 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) to expand resources for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to identify, investigate, and prosecute firearms trafficking across the U.S.- Mexico border; and (2) provide ATF agents, equipment, and training to assist Mexican law enforcement officers in combating firearms trafficking and other criminal enterprises.

Title

Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-01-14		Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2009-01-14		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-01-14		Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

Same As/Similar To

HB1437 (Related) 2009-08-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB1448 (Related) 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
HB1867 (Related) 2009-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
SB205 (Same As) 2009-01-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S312-313)