3.0.0 4119 2023-03-22T18:24:48Z 2023-03-22T18:24:48Z House H HR 2012-03-01 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. REYES:H.R. 4119.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but maynot be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H1134]]]> hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2012-03-06T22:19:58Z Discharged from 2012-03-21T21:53:07Z Referred to 2012-03-01T14:03:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2012-03-05T14:29:48Z Discharged from 2012-03-21T21:53:04Z Referred to 2012-03-01T14:03:25Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Reported by 2012-03-21T21:51:55Z Markup by 2012-03-06T16:03:32Z Referred to 2012-03-01T14:03:20Z H. Rept. 112-418 Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2011 112 2264 HR 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 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 Related bill House 2012-06-05 Became Public Law No: 112-127. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2012-06-05 Became Public Law No: 112-127. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-05 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2012-06-05 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-29 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2012-05-29 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-17 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2012-05-17 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3292) Floor 2012-05-17 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3292) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-16 15:19:03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2012-05-16 15:19:02 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 4 (Roll no. 256). (text: CR 5/15/2012 H2669-2670) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 256 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll256.xml House 112 2012-05-16T19:19:02Z 2 2012-05-16 15:19:02 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 4 (Roll no. 256).(text: CR 5/15/2012 H2669-2670) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 256 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll256.xml House 112 2012-05-16T19:19:02Z 2 2012-05-16 15:11:36 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2744-2745) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2012-05-15 16:33:02 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2012-05-15 16:18:55 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4119. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2012-05-15 16:18:39 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2669-2673) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2012-05-15 16:18:22 Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2012-03-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00288 2012-03-21 Committee on Homeland Security discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-03-21 Committee on Homeland Security discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-03-21 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-03-21 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-03-21 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-418, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-03-21 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-418, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-03-06 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Committee 2012-03-06 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2012-03-06 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2012-03-05 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2012-03-01 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-03-01 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-03-01 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-03-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-03-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N Q000024 Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3] Benjamin Quayle R AZ 3 2012-03-01 True D000492 Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] DAVID DREIER R CA 26 2012-03-01 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2012-03-01 True Public Law 112-127 Crime and Law Enforcement Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Firearms and explosives Fraud offenses and financial crimes Homeland security Human trafficking Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Latin America Mexico Organized crime Smuggling and trafficking Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2012-03-01 Introduced in House 2012-04-04T18:26:07Z Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 - 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, or to use such a tunnel for smuggling, 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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should continue outreach efforts to educate landowners and tenants in areas along the border between Mexico and the United States about cross-border tunnels and seek their assistance in combating tunnel construction.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross-border tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the needs of DHS to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute construction of such tunnels.

]]> 28 2012-03-21 Reported to House without amendment, Part I 2012-04-04T18:26:56Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 - 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, or to use such a tunnel for smuggling, 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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should continue outreach efforts to educate landowners and tenants in areas along the border between Mexico and the United States about cross-border tunnels and seek their assistance in combating tunnel construction.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross-border tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the needs of DHS to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute construction of such tunnels.

]]> 36 2012-05-16 Passed House amended 2012-06-18T21:20:28Z Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 - 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, or to use such a tunnel for smuggling, 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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should continue outreach efforts to educate landowners and tenants in areas along the border between Mexico and the United States about cross-border tunnels and seek their assistance in combating tunnel construction.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross-border tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the needs of DHS to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute construction of such tunnels.

]]> 82 2012-05-17 Passed Senate without amendment 2012-06-18T21:22:48Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 16, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 - 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, or to use such a tunnel for smuggling, 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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should continue outreach efforts to educate landowners and tenants in areas along the border between Mexico and the United States about cross-border tunnels and seek their assistance in combating tunnel construction.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross-border tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the needs of DHS to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute construction of such tunnels.

]]> 49 2012-06-05 Public Law 2012-06-18T21:22:09Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 16, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 - 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, or to use such a tunnel for smuggling, 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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should continue outreach efforts to educate landowners and tenants in areas along the border between Mexico and the United States about cross-border tunnels and seek their assistance in combating tunnel construction.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report describing: (1) cross-border tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the needs of DHS to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute construction of such tunnels.

]]> Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 Display Title Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 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 IH Short Titles as Passed House Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 H House Short Titles as Introduced Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 Short Titles as Enacted for portions of this bill Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 Short Titles as Passed Senate Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 S Senate Short Titles as Reported to House Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 H House Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4119enr/xml/BILLS-112hr4119enr.xml Received in Senate 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4119rds/xml/BILLS-112hr4119rds.xml Engrossed in House 2012-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4119eh/xml/BILLS-112hr4119eh.xml Reported in House 2012-03-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4119rh/xml/BILLS-112hr4119rh.xml Introduced in House 2012-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4119ih/xml/BILLS-112hr4119ih.xml 2012-06-06T03:59:59Z Public Law 2012-06-05 Became Public Law No: 112-127. 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.