[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1542 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1542
To prohibit Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas from
flying on a Federal executive aircraft.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2023
Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Van
Orden, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Biggs) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
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A BILL
To prohibit Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas from
flying on a Federal executive aircraft.
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 ``Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We
Secure the Border Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither Secretary of
Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas nor any officer or official of
the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security may
use a Federal executive aircraft to fly for official work. Secretary
Mayorkas and any other such officer or official shall fly commercial
aircraft for official work until such time as--
(1) Secretary Mayorkas submits to Congress a plan to--
(A) reduce to fiscal year 2020 numbers U.S. Customs
and Border Protection encounters and apprehensions of
aliens who have unlawfully crossed the border;
(B) place 90 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents
deployed, as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
in the field in duties such as patrol, rather than
administrative duties such as transport, processing
duties, and hospital watch; and
(C) offer financial support and other resources
support for local communities and governments, in
consultation with stakeholders; and
(2) the condition specified in paragraph (1)(A) has been
achieved.
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