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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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