HR 495
111th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Organized crime
Smuggling and trafficking
Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009
Introduced: January 14, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jan 14, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) to expand resources for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to identify, investigate, and prosecute firearms trafficking across the U.S.- Mexico border; and (2) provide ATF agents, equipment, and training to assist Mexican law enforcement officers in combating firearms trafficking and other criminal enterprises.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1