I 
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 re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently 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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Czar Account-
ability Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT RELATING TO VISIT TO UNITED STATES 
LAND BORDER WITH MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any Cabinet member appointed 
by the President to lead efforts related to immigration or 
securing the United States land border with Mexico shall 
visit such border at least once every 60 days. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, any Cabinet 
member appointed by the President to lead efforts 
related to immigration or securing the United States 
land border with Mexico shall submit to the Presi-
dent and Congress a report describing how policy 
changes that went into effect during the period be-
ginning on or after January 20, 2021, and ending 
on the date of enactment of this Act, including— 
(A) the effect of such policies on agents in 
the Department of Homeland Security and local 
law enforcement and government officials in 
States, units of local governments, Indian 
tribes, and territories; 
(B) the difference in the amount of funds 
expended in fiscal year 2021 in comparison to 
fiscal year 2020 to address the unlawful pres-
ence of aliens in the United States, including 
expenditures with respect to border security and 
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education, healthcare, and shelter for aliens un-
lawfully present in the United States; and 
(C) whether funds have been transferred 
from any executive department or agency to the 
Department of Homeland Security for the pur-
pose of supporting efforts to secure the south-
ern border and preventing unlawful entry into 
the United States. 
(2) VISIT REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after each visit referred to in subsection (a), any 
Cabinet member appointed by the President to lead 
efforts related to immigration or securing the United 
States land border with Mexico shall submit to the 
President and Congress a report that includes— 
(A) information relating to any issues ei-
ther observed or informed of during such visit, 
including— 
(i) a detailed list of the Federal 
agents and local supporting law enforce-
ment officers the Cabinet member met in 
person while on location at a facility oper-
ated by U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, or at a Border Patrol Duty location, 
at the United States land border with Mex-
ico; 
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