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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6170 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6170

 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to cease all immigration 
functions at ports of entry along the southern border until the United 
               States is secure, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2023

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Collins, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Norman, 
 Mr. Babin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Self, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Weber 
  of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to cease all immigration 
functions at ports of entry along the southern border until the United 
               States is secure, 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 ``Border Security and Terrorism 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. SOUTHERN BORDER CLOSURE.

    (a) Cessation of All Immigration Functions at Southwest Border.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        take such actions as may be necessary to immediately cease 
        immigration functions described in paragraph (2) at ports of 
        entry along the southern border.
            (2) Immigration functions described.--The immigration 
        functions described in this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) The processing of aliens into the United States 
                who seek entry at the southwest border.
                    (B) The processing of aliens into the United States 
                who unlawfully cross into the United States.
    (b) Detention and Removal.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
acting through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
shall immediately detain aliens apprehended along the southwest border 
and expediently remove such aliens from the United States.
    (c) Certification.--The cessation under subsection (a) shall 
terminate 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security submits to Congress a certification that no individuals 
included on the terrorist screening database are able to enter the 
United States at any point along the southern border.
    (d) Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
Congress a report that--
            (1) identifies security risks and capability gaps along the 
        southwest border;
            (2) includes information relating to efforts by U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection to--
                    (A) prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 
                from entering the United States; and
                    (B) combat and reduce cross-border criminal 
                activity, including--
                            (i) the transport of illegal goods, such as 
                        illicit drugs; and
                            (ii) human smuggling and human trafficking; 
                        and
            (3) includes a plan to ensure all aliens apprehended at 
        ports of entry are cross-referenced against the terrorist 
        screening database and immediately detained and not released 
        until a match determination is acquired.
    (e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``terrorist screening 
database'' has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621).
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