Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act

3.0.0 3796 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z Senate S S 2024-02-11 118 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2024-02-11T18:39:45Z 2024-02-11 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2024-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N R000618 Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] Pete Ricketts R NE 2024-02-11 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2024-02-11 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2024-02-11 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2024-02-11 True Immigration Immigration 2024-03-21T20:30:59Z

00 2024-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2024-11-27T22:48:57Z Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open ActThis bill prohibits Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees from being transferred out of any land port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, except in specified circumstances.The bill permits transfers only if (1) the employee is immediately replaced by an employee of similar ability; (2) the transfer would not affect the processing of trade through the port of entry; or (3) the transfer is necessary to actively engage in physical detentions to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Further, DHS must provide a written notice and explanation of any such transfer to the public and to specified congressional committees no later than 24 hours after the transfer. The committees are the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act Display Title 45 Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act 2024-07-24T15:19:10Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act 2024-05-24T13:34:11Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to prohibit the transfer of Department of Homeland Security staff from an international land port of entry along southwest border unless such transfer would not impact the processing of trade through such port of entry, such staff would be immediately replaced, or such staff are needed to actively engage in physical detentions to secure such border, and for other purposes. 2024-02-23T01:14:02Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2024-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3796is/xml/BILLS-118s3796is.xml 2024-02-11 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.