3.0.0 2264 2019-11-15T21:47:01Z 2019-11-15T21:47:01Z House H HR 2011-06-21 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. REYES:H.R. 2264.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section. 8.Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collectTaxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts andprovide for the common Defense and general Welfare of theUnited States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall beuniform throughout the United States;Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the UnitedStates;Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, andamong the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughoutthe United States;Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and offoreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeitingthe Securities and current Coin of the United States;Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and usefulArts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventorsthe exclusive Right to their respective Writings andDiscoveries;Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supremeCourt;Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Feloniescommitted on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law ofNations;Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque andReprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land andWater;Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but noAppropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Termthan two Years;Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy;Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulationof the land and naval Forces;Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia toexecute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections andrepel Invasions;Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, anddisciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part ofthem as may be employed in the Service of the United States,reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of theOfficers, and the Authority of training the Militia accordingto the discipline prescribed by Congress;Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Caseswhatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Milessquare) as may, by Cession of particular States, and theAcceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government ofthe United States, and to exercise like Authority over allPlaces purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of theState in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts,Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needfulBuildings;--AndClause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H4365]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2011-08-25T19:46:02Z Referred to 2011-06-21T16:03:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2011-06-28T17:23:09Z Referred to 2011-06-21T16:03:35Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2011-06-28T15:42:54Z Referred to 2011-06-21T16:03:30Z Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 112 4119 HR 2012-06-05 Became Public Law No: 112-127. Related bill CRS Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 112 1236 S 2012-01-31 Held at the desk. 17:07:02 Related bill CRS 2011-08-25 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2011-06-28 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2011-06-28 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Committee 2011-06-21 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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 2011-06-21 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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 2011-06-21 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N D000492 Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] DAVID DREIER R CA 26 2011-07-22 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2011-10-27 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2011-12-02 False H.R.4119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4119 Crime and Law Enforcement Arizona Border security and unlawful immigration California Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Human trafficking Latin America Mexico New Mexico Smuggling and trafficking Texas Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-06-21 Introduced in House 2012-04-10T18:13:50Z Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) subject anyone who attempts or conspires to construct or finance construction of an unauthorized tunnel or subterranean passage that crosses the international border between the United States and another country, to use such a tunnel for smuggling, or to disregard such construction or use, to the penalties prescribed for someone who commits such an offense; (2) make such a border tunnel offense a predicate offense for a money laundering violation and for authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications; and (3) provide for the criminal forfeiture of proceeds of such an offense and the seizure and forfeiture of merchandise introduced into the United States through such a tunnel.

Encourages the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to annually provide each known nongovernmental owner and tenant of land located in a national security zone with a written notification that describes federal laws related to the construction of illegal border tunnels and the procedures for reporting violations of such laws to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Defines: (1) "national security zone" as any Southwest Border land designated by the Secretary as being at a high risk for border tunnel activity; and (2) "Southwest Border land" as all parcels of real property in the United States that are located within one mile of the U.S.-Mexico international border and that are not owned by a federal, state, tribal, or local government entity.

Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross border tunnels discovered in Southwest Border land; and (2) DHS needs to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute border tunnel construction on such land.

]]> Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 Display Title Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of border tunnels. Introduced in House 2011-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2264ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2264ih.xml 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 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.