Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3576
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Due process and equal protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2015

 
Establishes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Commission, and (2) a northern border subcommittee and a southern border subcommittee within the Commission. 
 
Requires the Commission and the subcommittees to: (1) recommend border enforcement policy improvements; (2) evaluate policies of federal agencies operating along the borders to protect due process and human rights of border residents and visitors, protect land owner private property rights, and reduce the number of migrant deaths; (3) recommend safety improvements for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel; and (4) evaluate training and the extent to which CBP supervisory and management personnel practices encourage workforce development and promote field safety. 
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to rename the position of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Ombudsman for Border and Immigration Related Concerns. Revises related function and administrative provisions, including requiring the Ombudsman to establish a Border Community Liaison Office in each Border Patrol sector on the northern and southern borders.
 
Sets forth specified training and continuing education requirements for CBP personnel.
 
Directs DHS to submit to Congress an assessment of current guidelines for managing ports of entry under DHS control.
 
 Directs: (1) CBP to report to Congress regarding deaths occurring along the U.S.-Mexico border, and (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review such report.
 
Directs: (1) GAO to examine the extent to which CBP has clarified use of force policies, and (2) DHS to require CBP to implement any recommendations contained in such examination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House