HR 2955
105th Congress
House
Immigration
Airports
Aliens
Border patrols
Boundaries
Canada
Canadians
Computers and government
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Data banks
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
Federal law enforcement officers
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997
Introduced: November 8, 1997
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7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Nov 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Nov 9, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2275-2276)
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Nov 8, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to the automated entry-exit control system to exempt from required recordkeeping: (1) land border crossings; and (2) permanent resident and certain other aliens.
Requires the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of implementing an automated entry-exit control system that would include land border arrivals and departures.
Provides for increased numbers of full-time Immigration and Naturalization and Customs inspectors at U.S. land borders, with at least half of such inspectors to be assigned to the northern border.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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