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HR 2213 113th Congress House Emergency Management Border security and unlawful immigration Foreign labor Homeland security Industrial facilities Industrial policy and productivity Infrastructure development Transportation safety and security

Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013

Introduced: October 1, 2013 Introduced by: McCaul, Michael T. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
May 28, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
May 24, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 24, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to coordinate to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to accommodate preexisting and border location-dependent businesses into the design and construction of reconfigured and new ports of entry.

What's happening now June 4, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 24, 2014
Owens, William
· Nov 12, 2013
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Oct 16, 2013
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Oct 15, 2013
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 11, 2013
Pearce, Stevan
· Oct 8, 2013
Michaud, Michael
· Oct 1, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· Oct 1, 2013
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 24, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2213: Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2213/
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"H.R. 2213: Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2213/.
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H.R. 2213, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2213/.
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