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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6610 

To require a visit to the United States land border with Mexico and a 

report thereon by any Cabinet member appointed by the President to 

lead efforts related to immigration or securing such border, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2022 

Mr. JACKSON (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CAREY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 

WEBER of Texas, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

PALAZZO, and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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 

A BILL 

To require a visit to the United States land border with 

Mexico and a report thereon by any Cabinet member 

appointed by the President to lead efforts related to 

immigration or securing such border, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Czar Account5 ability Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT RELATING TO VISIT TO UNITED STATES 

2 LAND BORDER WITH MEXICO. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any Cabinet member appointed 

4 by the President to lead efforts related to immigration or 

5 securing the United States land border with Mexico shall 

6 visit such border at least once every 60 days. 

7 (b) REPORT.— 

8 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, any Cabinet 

10 member appointed by the President to lead efforts 

11 related to immigration or securing the United States 

12 land border with Mexico shall submit to the Presi13 dent and Congress a report describing how policy 

14 changes that went into effect during the period be15 ginning on or after January 20, 2021, and ending 

16 on the date of enactment of this Act, including— 

17 (A) the effect of such policies on agents in 

18 the Department of Homeland Security and local 

19 law enforcement and government officials in 

20 States, units of local governments, Indian 

21 tribes, and territories; 

22 (B) the difference in the amount of funds 

23 expended in fiscal year 2021 in comparison to 

24 fiscal year 2020 to address the unlawful pres25 ence of aliens in the United States, including 

26 expenditures with respect to border security and 


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1 education, healthcare, and shelter for aliens un2 lawfully present in the United States; and 

3 (C) whether funds have been transferred 

4 from any executive department or agency to the 

5 Department of Homeland Security for the pur6 pose of supporting efforts to secure the south7 ern border and preventing unlawful entry into 

8 the United States. 

9 (2) VISIT REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 

10 after each visit referred to in subsection (a), any 

11 Cabinet member appointed by the President to lead 

12 efforts related to immigration or securing the United 

13 States land border with Mexico shall submit to the 

14 President and Congress a report that includes— 

15 (A) information relating to any issues ei16 ther observed or informed of during such visit, 

17 including— 

18 (i) a detailed list of the Federal 

19 agents and local supporting law enforce20 ment officers the Cabinet member met in 

21 person while on location at a facility oper22 ated by U.S. Customs and Border Protec23 tion, or at a Border Patrol Duty location, 

24 at the United States land border with Mex25 ico; 


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1 (ii) trends at the border with respect 

2 to demographics and group size that could 

3 contribute to overcrowding of U.S. Cus4 toms and Border Protection facilities; 

5 (iii) the negative impact unlawful im6 migration has had on farmers and ranch7 ers near the United States land border 

8 with Mexico; 

9 (iv) the number of aliens unlawfully 

10 present in the United States who are 

11 housed in the U.S. Customs and Border 

12 Protection facilities, including how the 

13 number has changed since the previous re14 port; 

15 (v) the number and description of il16 licit drugs, weapons, and other contraband 

17 obtained from aliens unlawfully present in 

18 the United States by agents of the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security and local law 

20 enforcement officers; 

21 (vi) the number of unlawful points of 

22 entry from which such aliens entered into 

23 the United States, including how the num24 ber has changed since the previous report; 

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1 (vii) the number of aliens unlawfully 

2 present in the United States who are re3 leased into the local community without a 

4 notice to appear; 

5 (B) suggestions for improvement of the se6 curity and situation at such border, including 

7 proposals for legislation relating to— 

8 (i) preventing unlawful immigration; 

9 (ii) adjusting Federal resources, in10 cluding staffing and equipment; 

11 (iii) enhancing interoperability be12 tween Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, 

13 and local governments; 

14 (iv) enhancing the processing of traf15 fic and commerce; 

16 (v) developing procedures to more ef17 fectively seize and dispose of drugs, weap18 ons, or other contraband; 

19 (vi) developing procedures to combat 

20 human trafficking; and 

21 (vii) developing procedures to address 

22 any negative impact unlawful immigration 

23 has on farmers and ranchers near the 

24 United States land border with Mexico; 

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1 (C) any other information such head deter2 mines appropriate. 

3 (c) SANCTION.—No Federal funds may be obligated 

4 or expended by any Cabinet member appointed by the 

5 President to lead efforts related to immigration or secur6 ing the United States land border with Mexico if the re7 port under subsection (b) was not submitted, until such 

8 time as the report is delivered. 

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