US Congress House Bill 1437 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-08-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Southern Border Security Task Force Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a Southern Border Security Task Force to coordinate the efforts of federal, state, and local border and law enforcement officials and task forces to protect U.S. border cities and communities from violence associated with drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international border between the United States and Mexico; and (2) deploy the Task Force along that border in cities and communities most affected by violence.

Southern Border Security Task Force Act of 2009

Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-08-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-03-20		Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
2009-03-11		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-03-11		Referred to House Homeland Security
2009-03-11		Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

HB495 (Related) 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB1448 (Related) 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
HB1867 (Related) 2009-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
SB205 (Related) 2009-01-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S312-313)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1437/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1437/BILLS-111hr1437ih.pdf