Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act

3.0.0 5662 2022-02-03T05:10:00Z 2022-02-03T05:10:00Z House H HR 2008-03-31 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2008-11-19T23:43:10Z Referred to 2008-03-31T18:01:10Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-05-22T15:12:33Z Referred to 2008-04-28T18:52:45Z Referred to 2008-03-31T18:01:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-04T20:44:16Z Referred to 2008-03-31T18:01:05Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-01T19:36:51Z Referred to 2008-03-31T18:01:15Z 2008-11-19 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Committee 2008-05-22 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2008-04-28 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. Committee 2008-04-04 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2008-04-01 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2008-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2008-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-31 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2008-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-04-04 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2008-04-09 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2008-04-14 False O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2008-05-01 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2008-05-01 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2008-05-01 False R000568 Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] CIRO RODRIGUEZ D TX D. 23 2008-05-01 False A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2008-05-01 False B001234 Rep. 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00 2008-03-31 Introduced in House 2008-04-17T21:28:13Z Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between fiscal years 2009 and 2013, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel for U.S. ports of entry by not fewer than 5,000, 1,200, and 350, respectively, above the number of such personnel for which funds were made available during FY2008.

Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2009-FY2013 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security and for other purposes. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.

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Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act Short Titles as Introduced Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act Display Title Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act Official Title as Introduced To enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5662ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5662ih.xml 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. 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.