US Congress House Bill 3239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on July 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-09 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress regarding the Merida Initiative's effects on: (1) border security; (2) border violence; (3) the illicit flow of arms, bulk cash, human trafficking and smuggling, and illegal narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border; and (4) cooperation between DHS officials and agencies and their foreign counterparts participating in the Merida Initiative. Defines "Merida Initiative" as the program announced by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]

Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]

Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-09		Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
2010-03-09		Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
2010-03-09		Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-429, Part I.
2009-11-17		Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2009-11-17		Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2009-07-22		Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2009-07-22		Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2009-07-20		Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
2009-07-16		Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2009-07-16		Referred to House Homeland Security
2009-07-16		Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3239/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3239/BILLS-111hr3239ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3239/BILLS-111hr3239rh.pdf