Remote Areas Border Security Enhancements Act
- Last Action
- 2/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2019-02-07Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-07 (00)
Remote Areas Border Security Enhancements Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from beginning construction on any infrastructure project along the U.S.-Mexico border until (1) the Government Accountability Office evaluates the need and costs for using certain enhanced technology and other resources in rural and remote areas along the border; and (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection acquires or increases the use of such enhanced technologies and resources, including advanced detection surveillance technology, night vision technology, and off-road vehicles.
DHS shall establish the Agent Mobility Program as a five-year pilot program, which shall provide certain benefits to agents who serve at least three years in a hard-to-fill station in the El Paso Sector.
Cosponsors (1)
- TOM UDALL (D-NM)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Latin America
- Law enforcement officers
- Mexico
- New Mexico
- Rural conditions and development
- Texas
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