3.0.0 3892 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z Senate S S 2006-09-14 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-14T14:04:56Z 2006-09-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9632) IntroReferral 2006-09-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9631-9632) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2006-09-14 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-09-14 True Immigration Border patrols Crime and Law Enforcement Demography Emergency Management Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Illegal aliens Latin America Lighting Mexico Mortality Radio Rescue work Science, Technology, Communications Weather Immigration 00 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-30T20:33:11Z Border Death Reduction Act of 2006 - Directs the Commissioner of Customs to begin collecting data relevant to deaths occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border, divided by sector, and including: (1) causes, locations, and number of deaths; and (2) demographic characteristics, including the sex and approximate age of those deceased.

Directs the Commissioner to report to the Secretary of Homeland Security respecting: (1) annual border deaths; and (2) rescue beacon (as defined by this Act) placement.

Directs the Commissioner to deploy additional rescue beacons in all areas recommended in such report.

States that any person who commits an alien-smuggling related act and, in the course of such act, abandons an alien in a place not within sight of a paved road or rescue beacon shall be considered to have placed a person's life in jeopardy and subject to fine and/or up to 20 years in prison.

]]> Border Death Reduction Act of 2006 Display Title Border Death Reduction Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the number of deaths along the border between the United States and Mexico by improving the placement of rescue beacons, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Death Reduction Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3892is/xml/BILLS-109s3892is.xml 2006-09-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9632) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.