S 188
116th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Asia
Border security and unlawful immigration
China
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Roads and highways
Tariffs
Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019
Introduced: January 17, 2019
Introduced by:
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Republican
· Mississippi
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019
This bill allocates funds from certain duties imposed on Chinese goods toward the construction of physical barriers and roads along the southwest border of the United States. Such funds shall be equivalent to 50% of certain duties imposed in response to Chinese actions that violate a trade agreement or impose an unjustifiable restriction on U.S. commerce. The funds shall be available to the Department of Homeland Security for such border construction without further appropriation.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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