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HR 583 113th Congress House Emergency Management Border security and unlawful immigration Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure General Services Administration Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Homeland security Law enforcement officers

Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act

Introduced: February 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Feb 20, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Feb 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 7, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and 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.
Feb 6, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between FY2014-FY2018, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection officers, active-duty agriculture specialists, and active-duty border security support personnel for U.S. ports of entry by not fewer than 5,000, 1,200, and 350, respectively, above the number of such personnel for which funds were made available during FY2012.

Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2014-FY2018 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.

What's happening now February 25, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4