[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5905 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5905

 To require full staffing at certain U.S. Border Patrol sectors, amend 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
   to provide for double-layered fencing along the entire southwest 
                    border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Gohmert, 
 Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Flores, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Babin, 
Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. Yoho) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require full staffing at certain U.S. Border Patrol sectors, amend 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
   to provide for double-layered fencing along the entire southwest 
                    border, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Southwestern States 
Enforcement Act'' or the ``POSSE Act''.

SEC. 2. FULL STAFFING OF CERTAIN U.S. BORDER PATROL SECTORS AND 
              MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN U.S. BORDER PATROL STATIONS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Action required.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection shall take such actions as are 
        necessary to--
                    (A) ensure, in accordance with subsection (b), that 
                the U.S. Border Patrol sectors specified in paragraph 
                (2) are fully staffed; and
                    (B) maintain at current levels the number of U.S. 
                Border Patrol stations in each such sector.
            (2) Sectors specified.--The U.S. Border Patrol sectors 
        referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
                    (A) Big Bend Sector, Texas.
                    (B) Del Rio Sector, Texas.
                    (C) El Paso Sector, Texas.
                    (D) Laredo Sector, Texas.
                    (E) Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas.
                    (F) El Centro Sector, California.
                    (G) San Diego Sector, California.
                    (H) Tucson Sector, Arizona.
                    (I) Yuma Sector, Arizona.
    (b) Staffing.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall hire a sufficient number of U.S. Border Patrol agents 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers above the number of 
such agents and officers in existence as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act in order to provide for full staffing of the U.S. Border 
Patrol sectors specified in subsection (a).

SEC. 3. DOUBLE-LAYERED FENCING ALONG ENTIRE SOUTHWEST BORDER.

    Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 
1103 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``shall construct 
        reinforced fencing along not less than 700 miles of the 
        southwest border where fencing would be most practical and 
        effective'' and inserting ``shall, not later than December 31, 
        2019, construct double-layered fencing along the entire 
        southwest border'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
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