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Border Security Improvement Act

Introduced: October 19, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 19, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Oct 19, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Security Improvement Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) make the Secretary of Homeland Security rather than the Attorney General responsible for border barrier improvements; and (2) direct the Secretary to provide for construction of a fence along the entire U.S. southern border.

What's happening now October 19, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 6
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Issa, Darrell
California · Nov 3, 2005
WAMP, ZACH
· Nov 3, 2005
Barrett, J.
· Oct 19, 2005
BROWN, HENRY
· Oct 19, 2005
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Oct 19, 2005
Davis, Geoff
· Oct 19, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Oct 19, 2005
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Oct 19, 2005
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Oct 19, 2005
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Oct 19, 2005
Sullivan, John
· Oct 19, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Oct 19, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4083: Border Security Improvement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4083/
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"H.R. 4083: Border Security Improvement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4083/.
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H.R. 4083, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4083/.
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