HR 4962 113th Congress House Immigration Advanced technology and technological innovations Arizona Aviation and airports Border security and unlawful immigration California Chemical and biological weapons Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security General public lands matters Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Marine and inland water transportation Mexico New Mexico Nuclear weapons Radioactive wastes and releases Railroads Smuggling and trafficking

National Border and Homeland Security Act

Introduced: June 25, 2014 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 21, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Jul 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.

Jul 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

Jul 2, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Jun 25, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

Jun 25, 2014

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Border and Homeland Security Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding priority to: (1) northern or southern border states, or (2) state political subdivisions having one of the four largest populations of unlawfully present aliens for the preceding fiscal year.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to complete the required 700 mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2015.

Amends the Secure Fence Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2015.

Directs the Secretary to:

increase the number of full-time, active-duty Border Patrol agents through FY2018;
increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at U.S. ports of entry through FY2018; and
establish within 18 months the biometric entry and exit data system required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from impeding border security-related activities by the Secretary on U.S. public lands.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (of DHS), in protecting the United States from a nuclear, fissile material, or radiological attack, to consider potential smuggling routes in land border areas between ports of entry, railcars entering the United States from Canada or Mexico, and private aircraft or small vessels.

Directs the Secretary to procure within one year the number of next generation portable radiation detectors (PRDs) and radioactive isotope identification devices (RIIDs) required by the Border Patrol along the southern and northern U.S. borders.

Directs the Secretary to develop within one year, and implement within two years of development, a strategic plan to detect and interdict biological and chemical weapons entering the United States.

What's happening now July 21, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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