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Border Security and Migrant Safety Act of 2022

Introduced: May 12, 2022 Introduced by: Slotkin, Elissa Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
May 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
May 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
May 12, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
May 12, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Security and Migrant Safety Act of 2022

This bill establishes within U.S. Customs and Border Protection a dedicated intelligence cell focused on sharing information related to (1) concentrated surges of migrants arriving at a U.S. land border, and (2) illicit smuggling and trafficking that may pose a threat to a U.S. land border. The bill also makes permanent the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to establish departmental joint task forces for various purposes.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7756: Border Security and Migrant Safety Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7756/
MLA
"H.R. 7756: Border Security and Migrant Safety Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7756/.
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H.R. 7756, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7756/.
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