Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
- Last Action
- 4/2/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- 2021-04-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- 2021-04-01Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2021-04-01Introduced in House
- 2021-04-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-01 (00)
Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a plan for responding to irregular increases in migration at the border that present risks to border security.
The plan shall include various elements including (1) a list of each agency, component, and office involved; (2) a process for quickly expanding capacity to temporarily process and hold individuals; and (3) a strategy for coordinating with local governments and other entities when DHS releases detained individuals.
DHS must also identify metric thresholds for determining when to activate the plan and must activate the plan when such thresholds are satisfied.
Furthermore, DHS must notify Congress no later than 14 days after activating the plan.
Cosponsors (18)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Kat Cammack (R-FL)
- Jake LaTurner (R-KS)
- Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
- Andrew Clyde (R-GA)
- Peter Meijer (R-MI)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Tony Gonzales (R-TX)
- Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
- Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Human trafficking
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Performance measurement
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