S 205
111th Congress
Senate
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 12, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S312-313)
Jan 12, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S312)
Jan 12, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S312-313)
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1