I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9368 
To require the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
assess current efforts to respond to hazardous weather and water events 
at or near United States borders and, to the extent such efforts may 
be improved, to develop a hazardous weather and water events prepared-
ness and response strategy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 16, 2024 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself and Mr. STANTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to assess current efforts to respond to haz-
ardous weather and water events at or near United 
States borders and, to the extent such efforts may be 
improved, to develop a hazardous weather and water 
events preparedness and response strategy, and for other 
purposes. 
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 Weather Resil-
iency Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner for U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection. 
(3) 
HAZARDOUS
WEATHER
AND
WATER 
EVENTS.—The term ‘‘hazardous weather and water 
events’’ means weather and weather-related water 
events that have a high risk of endangering life or 
causing significant damage to property, including— 
(A) severe storms, such as hurricanes and 
short-fused, small-scale hazardous weather or 
hydrologic events produced by thunderstorms, 
including large hail, damaging winds, torna-
does, and flash floods; 
(B) winter storms, such as freezing or fro-
zen precipitation (including freezing rain, sleet, 
and snow), or combined effects of freezing or 
frozen precipitation and strong winds; and 
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(C) other weather hazards, such as ex-
treme heat or cold, wildfire, drought, dense fog, 
damaging winds, earthquakes, tsunamis, river 
flooding, and lakeshore flooding. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATH-
ER AND WATER EVENTS ON U.S. CUSTOMS 
AND 
BORDER 
PROTECTION 
PERSONNEL, 
TECHNOLOGY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Commissioner shall conduct 
an assessment of the impacts that hazardous weather and 
water events, occurring during the 5-year period imme-
diately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, 
have had on— 
(1) the effectiveness by which U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection has carried out the duties as 
set forth in section 411(c) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(c)); 
(2) the health, safety, and well-being of— 
(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
personnel; and 
(B) individuals being inspected by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection; 
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