To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3239
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Homeland security
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress regarding the Merida Initiative's effects on: (1) border security; (2) border violence; and (3) the illicit flow of arms and bulk cash across the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
Defines &quot;Merida Initiative&quot; as the program announced by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
 

action_date: 2010-03-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress regarding the Merida Initiative's effects on: (1) border security; (2) border violence; (3) the illicit flow of arms, bulk cash, human trafficking and smuggling, and illegal narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border; and (4) cooperation between DHS officials and agencies and their foreign counterparts participating in the Merida Initiative. 
 
Defines &quot;Merida Initiative&quot; as the program announced by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-429, Part I.
action_date: 2010-03-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-429, Part I.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House