National Border and Homeland Security Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding priority to: (1) northern or southern border states, or (2) state political subdivisions having one of the four largest populations of unlawfully present aliens for the preceding fiscal year.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to complete the required 700 mile southwest border fencing and priority-area fencing by December 31, 2015.
Amends the Secure Fence Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2015.
Directs the Secretary to:
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from impeding border security-related activities by the Secretary on U.S. public lands.
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (of DHS), in protecting the United States from a nuclear, fissile material, or radiological attack, to consider potential smuggling routes in land border areas between ports of entry, railcars entering the United States from Canada or Mexico, and private aircraft or small vessels.
Directs the Secretary to procure within one year the number of next generation portable radiation detectors (PRDs) and radioactive isotope identification devices (RIIDs) required by the Border Patrol along the southern and northern U.S. borders.
Directs the Secretary to develop within one year, and implement within two years of development, a strategic plan to detect and interdict biological and chemical weapons entering the United States.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4962 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4962
To provide for enhanced border security, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 25, 2014
Mr. Franks of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Gosar, Mr.
Fincher, Mr. Stockman, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Weber of Texas,
Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr.
McClintock, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Posey, Mr. Yoho, Mrs. Bachmann, and Mr.
Miller of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees
on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 provide for enhanced border security, 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 ``National Border and Homeland
Security Act''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1231(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) In distributing amounts under this subsection to a
State or political subdivision of a State, including a
municipality, for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall
prioritize compensating--
``(A) States that are on the northern or southern
border; or
``(B) political subdivisions of States, including
municipalities, that, in the determination of the
Attorney General, have one of the four largest
populations of aliens unlawfully present in the United
States for the preceding fiscal year.''.
SEC. 3. FENCING ALONG AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
(a) Fencing.--Section 102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, not later than
December 31, 2015,'' before ``construct''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``370 miles, or
other mileage determined by the Secretary, whose
authority to determine other mileage shall expire on
December 31, 2008,'' and inserting ``areas''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``2008'' and
inserting ``2015''.
(b) Operational Control.--Subsection (a) of section 2 the Secure
Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109-367) is amended,
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
(1) by striking ``18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act,'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015,''; and
(2) by inserting ``, in consultation with State and local
officials along the international border between the United
States and Mexico, including border State governors, mayors of
border towns and cities, and border sheriffs,'' before
``shall''.
SEC. 4. BORDER PATROL AGENTS.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the number of
positions for full-time, active-duty Border Patrol agents over the
number of such agents for the preceding fiscal year as follows:
(1) Three thousand such agents for fiscal year 2015 (with
2,500 such agents deployed to the southern border and 500 such
agents deployed to the northern border).
(2) One thousand such agents for fiscal year 2016 (with 800
such agents deployed to the southern border and 200 such agents
deployed to the northern border).
(3) One thousand such agents for fiscal year 2017 (with 800
such agents deployed to the southern border and 200 such agents
deployed to the northern border).
(4) One thousand such agents for fiscal year 2018 (with 800
such agents deployed to the southern border and 200 such agents
deployed to the northern border).
SEC. 5. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.
For each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall increase by not fewer than 200 the number of
United States Customs and Border Protection officers at United States
ports of entry over the number of such officers at such ports for the
preceding fiscal year.
SEC. 6. BIOMETRIC ENTRY AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish the biometric entry and exit data system required by section
7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8
U.S.C. 1365b), notwithstanding any other dates specified in such
section.
(b) Requirements.--In addition to the features required by the
biometric entry and exit data system in accordance with section 7208 of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C.
1365b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that such
system is established and in operation at each port of entry in the
United States.
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON IMPEDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF
HOMELAND SECURITY RELATED TO BORDER SECURITY.
On public lands of the United States, neither the Secretary of the
Interior nor the Secretary of Agriculture may impede, prohibit, or
restrict activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security to achieve
operational control (as defined in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act
of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109-367).
SEC. 8. GLOBAL NUCLEAR DETECTION ARCHITECTURE.
Section 1902(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
592(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ``, particularly with respect to
potential smuggling routes in land border areas between ports
of entry, railcars entering the United States from Canada or
Mexico, and private aircraft or small vessels'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs
(14) and (15), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new
paragraph:
``(13) develop objectives to be accomplished to carry out
this subsection, identify roles and responsibilities for
meeting such objectives, ensure that the funding necessary to
achieve such objectives is available, and employ monitoring
mechanisms to determine progress toward achieving such
objectives;''; and
(4) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraphs (10), (11), and (12)'' and inserting ``this
subsection''.
SEC. 9. PORTABLE RADIATION DETECTORS AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE
IDENTIFICATION DEVICES.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall determine the number of next
generation portable radiation detectors (PRD) and radioactive isotope
identification devices (RIID) required by Border Patrol agents
patrolling the southern and northern borders of the United States and
procure such detectors and devices.
SEC. 10. STRATEGIC PLAN TO DETECT AND INTERDICT BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Development.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
develop a strategic plan (in this section referred to as the
``Plan'') to detect and interdict biological and chemical
weapons entering the United States.
(2) Implementation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall complete implementation of the Plan not later than two
years after the development of the Plan under paragraph (1).
(b) Reports to Congress.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall submit to Congress a report that describes the
Plan.
(2) Annual report.--Not later than two years after the
submission of the initial report under paragraph (1) and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit reports to Congress on the implementation of the Plan.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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 Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.