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HR 4961 118th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Canada Infectious and parasitic diseases

To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduced: July 27, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Jul 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that the operating hours of all ports of entry located on the United States-Canada border are equal to or greater than the operating hours that were in place immediately before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 5
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Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Feb 15, 2024
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Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Aug 15, 2023
 R
Fulcher, Russ
Idaho · Jul 27, 2023
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jul 27, 2023
Rosendale, Matthew
· Jul 27, 2023
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Jul 27, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4961: To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4961/
MLA
"H.R. 4961: To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4961/.
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H.R. 4961, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4961/.
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[H.R. 4961: To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4961/)
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