See the Crisis Act
Bill: H.R.3403 | Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley (R-IA)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
See the Crisis Act
This bill limits international travel by the Vice President until after certain activities are undertaken regarding the southwest border.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for the Vice President's travel expenses to travel outside of the United States until the Vice President (1) personally travels to at least one of several specified counties along the border to review the activities of federal agencies responsible for enforcing and implementing immigration laws, and (2) submits a report relating to the situation at the border.

To limit travel by the Vice President until after certain activities 
  are undertaken with respect to the southwest border, 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 ``See the Crisis Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL 
              TRAVEL.

    No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the travel 
expenses of the Vice President to travel outside of the United States 
until on or after the date that each of the following conditions are 
met:
            (1) The Vice President personally travels to at least one 
        of the counties listed in section 15732 of title 40, United 
        States Code, to review the activities of the Department of 
        Homeland Security and other Federal agencies responsible for 
        enforcing and implementing immigration laws.
            (2) The Vice President submits the report described under 
        section 3.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Vice President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes--
            (1) a detailed list of the Federal agencies and local 
        supporting law enforcement offices with which the Vice 
        President has met in person on location at a southwest border 
        facility operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or at a 
        Border Patrol Duty Location in the Big Bend Sector Texas, Del 
        Rio Sector Texas, El Centro Sector California, El Paso Sector 
        Texas, Laredo Sector Texas, Rio Grande Valley Sector Texas, San 
        Diego Sector California, Tucson Sector Arizona, or the Yuma 
        Sector Arizona, relating to the current crisis at the southwest 
        border since January 20, 2021;
            (2) any plans the Vice President has to visit the crisis at 
        the southwest border after the date such report is submitted; 
        and
            (3) the estimated amount of funds the Vice President or any 
        other Federal agency intends to offer Guatemala, Honduras, El 
        Salvador, and Mexico as part of an international aid package 
        relating to the immigration and humanitarian crisis at the 
        southwest border.
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