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United States-Mexico Cross-Border Security Act of 2012

Introduced: August 2, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 15, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Aug 14, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Aug 2, 2012
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.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States-Mexico Cross-Border Security Act of 2012 - Directs the President, through the National Security Council Interagency Group, to develop a Whole-of-Government Plan in coordination with the government of Mexico to combat Mexican-based transnational criminal organizations.

Establishes the National Security Council Interagency Group composed of representatives at the Deputy Secretary level from the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Security Council (NSC).

What's happening now August 15, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

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