S 2202
116th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Texas
Transportation safety and security
A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.
Introduced: July 22, 2019
Introduced by:
Heinrich, Martin
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 22, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 22, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to expedite detainee transport to processing facilities. Under the program, CBP shall ensure that (1) a certain number of border patrol agents with commercial driver's licenses with passenger endorsements are serving at each remote station and on each shift, and (2) a certain number of buses are assigned to specified geographical sectors.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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