HR 3401
112th Congress
House
International Affairs
Accounting and auditing
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guatemala
Homeland security
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Enhanced Border Security Act
Introduced: November 10, 2011
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7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2011
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Dec 15, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 7, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Nov 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Nov 10, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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 10, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Enhanced Border Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a counterinsurgency strategy that: (1) outlines the transnational criminal organizations in Mexico; (2) assesses Mexico's capabilities to counter such organizations; (3) describes such organizations' operations in the United States and at the U.S. and international borders, and presents a plan to combat their operations and financial networks; and (4) utilizes all such information to combat the terrorist insurgency in Mexico.
Requires the Secretary and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury to update such strategy reports quarterly.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.