3.0.0 3846 2023-01-11T13:26:03Z 2023-01-11T13:26:03Z House H HR 2014-01-10 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:H.R. 3846.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8,clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States[Page H163]]]> ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-29T21:59:52Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Discharged from 2014-07-24T16:57:21Z Referred to 2014-01-10T14:01:05Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Reported by 2014-05-20T19:26:48Z Markup by 2014-05-20T19:26:34Z Referred to 2014-01-15T22:01:09Z Reported by 2014-07-24T16:57:06Z Markup by 2014-06-11T20:44:49Z Referred to 2014-01-10T14:01:00Z H. Rept. 113-555 2014-07-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-07-28 16:39:10 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2014-07-28 16:39:08 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6899-6904) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2014-07-28 16:39:08 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6899-6904) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-28 16:14:47 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3846. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2014-07-28 16:14:45 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6899-6908) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2014-07-28 16:14:14 Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2014-07-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00415 2014-07-24 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-07-24 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-07-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 113-555, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2014-07-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 113-555, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2014-06-11 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2014-06-11 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-05-20 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2014-05-20 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-01-15 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Committee 2014-01-10 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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 2014-01-10 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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 2014-01-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-01-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001150 Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] Candice Miller R MI S. 10 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2014-01-10 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2014-01-10 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Aviation and airports Border security and unlawful immigration Canada Caribbean area Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Drug trafficking and controlled substances Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign language and bilingual programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Latin America Law enforcement officers Mexico Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Smuggling and trafficking Technology assessment Terrorism Transportation safety and security Travel and tourism Visas and passports Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2014-01-10 Introduced in House 2014-04-01T16:00:16Z United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the establishment in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

]]> 36 2014-07-28 Passed House amended 2014-11-05T21:50:46Z United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish formally, in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (formerly the U.S. Customs Service), headed by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Establishes in the CBP:

  • a Deputy Commissioner;
  • the U.S. Border Patrol;
  • an Office of Air and Marine Operations;
  • an Office of Field Operations, including a National Targeting Center;
  • an Office of Intelligence and Investigative Liaison;
  • an Office of International Affairs; and
  • an Office of Internal Affairs.

Requires the CBP Commissioner to establish, and update triennially, certain standard operating procedures for CBP personnel.

Directs the CBP Commissioner to require all CBP agents and officers to participate in a specified amount of continuing education to maintain an understanding of federal legal rulings, court decisions, and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Requires the CBP Commissioner to ensure that:

  • adequate access to food and water is provided as soon as possible to individuals apprehended and detained between a U.S. port of entry, and
  • detainee rights are provided at CBP processing centers.

Directs the CBP Commissioner to publish wait times at the 20 U.S. airports with the highest volume of international travel and make this information available to the public on the CBP website.

(Sec. 4) Makes technical conforming amendments.

Declares that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS.

Removes the Office for Domestic Preparedness from within the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security and establishes it simply within DHS.

Transfers all functions of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security to the DHS Secretary.

Authorizes the DHS Secretary (currently, the Under Secretary) to impose disciplinary action on any employee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP who willfully deceives Congress or agency leadership on any matter.

(Sec. 5) Directs the CBP Commissioner to report to Congress on:

  • the number of contract management acquisition and procurement personnel (including by position) assigned to the CBP Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition;
  • the CBP Business Transformation Initiative;
  • unaccompanied alien children apprehended at U.S. borders;
  • the CBP strategy for the Unmanned Aerial Systems program;
  • CBP efforts to evaluate technologies to provide a biometric exit capability at airports;
  • current CBP capacity to hire, train, and deploy additional CBP officers;
  • the development and implementation of CBP metrics for measuring the status of security of U.S. international borders at and between U.S. ports of entry; and
  • supervisor-approved personal searches conducted in the previous year by CBP personnel.

Requires the CBP Commissioner to:

  • make public information collected on migrant deaths occurring along the U.S.-Mexico border available to the public, and
  • assess CBP's physical infrastructure and technology needs at the 20 busiest land ports of entry.

(Sec. 6) Directs the DHS Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to:

  • engage with the appropriate Canadian and Mexican Government officials to assess the specific needs of Central American countries to maintain the security of their international borders and determine the support they need from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to meet those needs;
  • engage with appropriate officials of the Caribbean countries to establish a program to assess the specific needs of those countries to address the unique challenges of maritime border security; and
  • engage with appropriate Mexican officials to assess the specific needs to help secure Mexico's southern border from undocumented aliens, drugs, weapons and other contraband.

(Sec. 7) Directs the CBP Commissioner to give priority consideration to an application for port of entry status submitted by any commercial airport that has served at least 100,000 deplaned international passengers in the previous calendar year.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits the DHS Secretary from entering into or renewing an agreement with a foreign country government for a CBP administered trusted traveler program unless that government certifies that it:

  • routinely submits information about lost and stolen passports of its citizens and nationals to INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Document database, or
  • makes such information available to the United States through another comparable means of reporting.

(Sec. 9) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Foreign Language Award Program (FLAP) incentivizes CBP officers and agents to attain and maintain competency in a foreign language.

(Sec. 10) Declares that no additional appropriations are authorized to carry out this Act. Requires this Act to be carried out using amounts otherwise available.

]]> United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act Display Title United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act Short Titles as Introduced United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act Short Titles as Reported to House United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act H House Short Titles as Passed House United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act H House Official Title as Introduced To provide for the authorization of border, maritime, and transportation security responsibilities and functions in the Department of Homeland Security and the establishment of United States Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes. Referred in Senate 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3846rfs/xml/BILLS-113hr3846rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3846eh/xml/BILLS-113hr3846eh.xml Reported in House 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3846rh/xml/BILLS-113hr3846rh.xml Introduced in House 2014-01-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3846ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3846ih.xml 2014-07-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.