US HB547 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Border Security and Responsibility Act 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with tribal, state, and local officials, to submit to Congress a border protection strategy for the international land borders of the United States. Specifies strategy elements. Amends the the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to revise international land border security provisions, including: (1) eliminating existing southwest border fencing requirements; (2) requiring that border control actions be in accordance with the border strategy required under this Act; and (3) giving priority to the use of remote cameras, sensors, removal of nonnative vegetation, incorporation of natural barriers, additional manpower, unmanned aerial vehicles, or other low impact border enforcement techniques. Prohibits construction of border fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, sensors, or other tactical infrastructure prior to 90 days after such border strategy's submission to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of appropriate state and tribal wildlife agencies, to implement a comprehensive monitoring and mitigation plan to address the ecological and environmental impacts of security infrastructure and activities along the international land borders of the United States. Specifies plan requirements.
Title
Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2013
Sponsors
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-03-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. |
2013-02-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. |
2013-02-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. |
2013-02-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. |
2013-02-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. |
2013-02-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. |
2013-02-06 | House | Referred to House Natural Resources |
2013-02-06 | House | Referred to House Agriculture |
2013-02-06 | House | Referred to House Armed Services |
2013-02-06 | House | Referred to House Homeland Security |
2013-02-06 | House | Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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. |
Subjects
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Homeland security
Immigration
Latin America
Mexico
Canada
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Homeland security
Immigration
Latin America
Mexico
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/547/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr547/BILLS-113hr547ih.pdf |