US HB3401 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on November 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-15 - Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Enhanced Border Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a counterinsurgency strategy that: (1) outlines the transnational criminal organizations in Mexico; (2) assesses Mexico's capabilities to counter such organizations; (3) describes such organizations' operations in the United States and at the U.S. and international borders, and presents a plan to combat their operations and financial networks; and (4) utilizes all such information to combat the terrorist insurgency in Mexico. Requires the Secretary and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury to update such strategy reports quarterly.

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Title

Enhanced Border Security Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-12-15HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2011-12-15HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-12-07HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
2011-11-21HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-11-15HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2011-11-10HouseReferred to House Judiciary
2011-11-10HouseReferred to House Homeland Security
2011-11-10HouseReferred to House Foreign Affairs
2011-11-10HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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.

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