Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act

Bill: 113-hr-583
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between FY2014-FY2018, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection officers, active-duty agriculture specialists, and active-duty border security support personnel for U.S. ports of entry by not fewer than 5,000, 1,200, and 350, respectively, above the number of such personnel for which funds were made available during FY2012.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2014-FY2018 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2013-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House