S 2444 116th Congress Senate 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 9, 2019 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)

Sep 9, 2019

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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 9, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)

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