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HR 4276 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Border security and unlawful immigration Canada Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement officers

BOUND Act

Introduced: September 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Sep 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Sep 10, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Officers Utilization for National Defense Act of 2019 or the BOUND Act

This bill sets a minimum number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers that must be deployed along the border between the United States and Canada. The minimum number of officers is the maximum number of officers that were deployed along that border at any time between January 1, 2016, and the enactment of this bill.

What's happening now September 10, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2444 Related bill BOUND Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Sep 18, 2019
Armstrong, Kelly
· Sep 17, 2019
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 10, 2019
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Sep 10, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 10, 2019
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4276: BOUND Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4276/
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"H.R. 4276: BOUND Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4276/.
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H.R. 4276, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4276/.
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