US Congress House Bill 6368 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on September 20 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to study and jointly report to specified congressional committees on cross-border violence on the southwest border of the United States. Requires such study to include: (1) the definition of cross-border violence used by law enforcement components within the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) the ability of DOJ and DHS and their law enforcement components to track, investigate, quantify, and report on such violence; (3) the extent to which DOJ and DHS define and track cross-border violence and steps being taken to address the effects of such violence along that border; (4) the information and data on cross-border violence collected and made available through interagency task forces; and (5) the additional resources needed.

Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012

Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-20	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-09-19	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2012-09-19	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-09-19	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6118)
2012-09-19	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6368.
2012-09-19	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6118-6119)
2012-09-19	House	Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2012-09-10	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2012-09-10	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-09-10	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6368/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6368/BILLS-112hr6368ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6368/BILLS-112hr6368eh.pdf