3.0.0 1655 2021-09-28T20:37:45Z 2021-09-28T20:37:45Z House H HR 2009-03-19 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2009-04-23T18:04:33Z Referred to 2009-03-19T14:06:41Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2009-03-24T14:52:31Z Referred to 2009-03-19T14:06:39Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2009-03-20T16:43:35Z Referred to 2009-03-19T14:06:42Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-03-19T14:06:40Z 2009-04-23 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Committee 2009-03-24 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. Committee 2009-03-20 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2009-03-19 Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2009-03-19 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-03-19 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-03-19 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 2009-03-19 Referred to House Homeland Security IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2009-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-19 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 2009-03-19 True R000568 Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] CIRO RODRIGUEZ D TX D. 23 2009-03-19 True O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2009-03-19 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2009-03-19 True T000466 Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2] Harry Teague D NM 2 2009-03-19 True C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2009-03-19 True G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2009-03-19 True B000461 Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] BRIAN BILBRAY R CA P. 50 2009-03-19 True R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2009-03-19 True M001167 Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5] Harry Mitchell D AZ E. 5 2009-03-19 True P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2009-03-19 True H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2009-03-19 True A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2009-03-19 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2009-03-19 True G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2009-03-19 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-03-19 True L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2009-03-19 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 38 2009-03-19 True R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2009-03-19 True S001045 Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2009-03-19 True B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2009-03-19 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2009-03-19 True D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2009-03-19 True G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2009-03-19 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2009-03-19 True K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2009-03-19 True M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2009-03-19 True R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2009-03-19 True S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2009-03-19 True C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 11 2009-06-10 False P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2010-04-29 False Emergency Management Border security and unlawful immigration Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure General Services Administration Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Homeland security Law enforcement officers Emergency Management 00 2009-03-19 Introduced in House 2009-04-10T19:59:08Z Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between FY2010-FY2014, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection 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 FY2009.

Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2010-FY2014 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.

]]> 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 2009-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1655ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1655ih.xml 2009-04-23 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.