Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) within 180 days, to report on metrics to be used to gauge the incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence and on how the resulting findings shall be quantified for periodic reporting; and (2) every 90 days after submitting such report, to report on incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence, incorporating such metrics and including information and crime statistics from federal, state, local, and tribal sources.
Requires such metrics to include: (1) border sheriff and state law enforcement reports on crime, vandalism, theft, burglary, apprehensions, accidents, and capital crimes; (2) reports from local hospitals in border states regarding the number of individuals treated for wounds obtained during acts of cross-border violence; (3) the impact to property values and businesses along the border as a result of factors such as acts of vandalism, theft, burglary, destruction of property, and intimidation; and (4) accounts of cross-border violence reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other federal agencies.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2124 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2124
To improve the safety, security, and operational control of the
international border by providing the Department of Homeland Security
with an accurate definition of the term ``cross-border violence'', to
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop measures to
quantify cross-border violence data for reporting to Congress and other
entities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 3, 2011
Mr. Canseco (for himself, Mr. McCaul, and Mrs. Miller of Michigan)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security,
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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A BILL
To improve the safety, security, and operational control of the
international border by providing the Department of Homeland Security
with an accurate definition of the term ``cross-border violence'', to
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop measures to
quantify cross-border violence data for reporting to Congress and other
entities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southwest Cross-border Violence
Recognition Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN CROSS-BORDER VIOLENCE.
(a) Creation of New Reporting Requirements for a Comprehensive
Evaluation of Cross-Border Violence.--In seeking to increase security
and reduce cross-border violence along the United States border, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the
metrics, described in subsection (c), to be used to gauge the incidents
or occurrences of cross-border violence and how the resulting findings
shall be quantified for periodic reporting in accordance with
subsection (b).
(b) Periodic Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the submission
of the report required under subsection (a) and every 90 days
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a
report on the incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence during
the immediately preceding 90-day period, incorporating the metrics
referred to in such subsection, and including information and crime
statistics from Federal, State, local, and tribal sources.
(c) Metrics Described.--The metrics referred to in subsection (a)
shall include such sources of information as--
(1) border sheriff and State law enforcement reports on
crime, vandalism, theft, burglary, apprehensions, accidents,
and capital crimes;
(2) reports from local hospitals in border States regarding
the number of individuals (whether citizens, lawful permanent
residents, or foreign nationals) treated for wounds obtained
during acts of cross-border violence;
(3) impact to property values and businesses along the
border as a result of factors such as acts of vandalism, theft,
burglary, destruction of property, and intimidation;
(4) accounts of cross-border violence along the border
reported by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, including the Border Patrol, and
other Federal departments and agencies determined appropriate
by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Cross-border violence.--The term ``cross-border
violence'' means--
(A) any act of violence--
(i) carried out by a foreign national, a
citizen or lawful permanent resident of the
United States, entity (whether foreign or
domestic), or organization (whether foreign or
domestic) (including a drug trafficking or
human trafficking organization) acting in the
interest of or on behalf of a foreign national,
foreign organization, or foreign entity that
occurs in the United States not further than
100 miles from the United States border; or
(ii) that benefits any foreign national,
citizen or lawful permanent resident of the
United States, or entity or organization
referred to in clause (i) profiting from
unlawful activity across the United States
border with a nexus to foreign organized crime,
Foreign Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO),
or Trans-national Criminal Organization (TCO)
(as such organizations are described in the
September 2009 Department of Homeland Security
Border Task Force recommendations report); or
(B) any act of violence committed by a foreign
national, entity (whether foreign or domestic),
organization (whether foreign or domestic), or lawful
permanent resident or citizen of the United States
acting in the interest, or on behalf of, a foreign
national, foreign organization, or foreign entity
referred to in subparagraph (A) that is targeted at or
occurs during an activity that is unlawful under
Federal, State, or local law that is intentionally or
unintentionally inflicted upon any individual,
property, entity, or organization in the United States
not further than 100 miles from the United States
border, or occurring in the United States not further
than 100 miles from the United States border but
originating outside the United States.
(2) Violence.--The term ``violence'' includes--
(A) criminal violence, including the criminal use
of force or threat of force occurring in the United
States, as reported by Federal, State, local, or tribal
law enforcement agencies;
(B) border-related organized crime violence,
including any act of violence that takes place in the
United States with links to cross-border crime, such as
drug, arms, cash, or alien smuggling or trafficking;
(C) violence against law enforcement agents,
including any act of violence carried out against a
Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement agent,
in association with cross-border crime;
(D) border violence, including any act of violence
that takes place in the United States not further than
100 miles from the United States border that has links
to cross-border crime such as drug, arms, cash, or
alien smuggling or trafficking or illegal migration;
and
(E) spillover violence, including--
(i) violence that starts in Mexico as part
of a conflict among Trans-national Criminal
Organizations (TCOs) or between TCOs and the
Government of Mexico that carries over into the
United States or threatens United States
personnel or interests in Mexico; and
(ii) offensive violence organized or
directed by TCOs against United States
personnel or interests in the United States or
Mexico.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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