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Enhanced Border Security Act

Introduced: November 10, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 December 15, 2011

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
BONO MACK, MARY
· Feb 15, 2012
Coffman, Mike
· Feb 14, 2012
Franks, Trent
· Jan 25, 2012
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jan 17, 2012
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Dec 12, 2011
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Dec 12, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3401: Enhanced Border Security Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3401/
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"H.R. 3401: Enhanced Border Security Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3401/.
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H.R. 3401, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3401/.
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