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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)
Sep 9, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)
Committees of jurisdiction
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