Border Security and Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4303
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Currency
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Ecology
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Historical and cultural resources
Human rights
Human trafficking
Hydrology and hydrography
Indian lands and resources rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Mexico
Military civil functions
Military facilities and property
Nutrition and diet
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Photography and imaging
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Smuggling and trafficking
User charges and fees
Violent crime
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 
 
Border Security and Accountability Act 2015 

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), together with other specified departments, to submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office a U.S. border protection strategy. 
 
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to require that international land border control actions accord with that strategy.
 
DHS shall implement:
 
 
 a monitoring and mitigation plan to address the ecological and environmental impacts of security infrastructure along the international land borders of the United States; and 
 
 a plan to improve coordination among U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other federal, state, local, or tribal authorities to improve efforts to combat human smuggling. 
 
 
CBP shall make available to the public information collected on migrant deaths occurring along the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
Except in a national emergency or when required for specific counterterrorism duties, the Armed Forces may not assist in federal, state, and local and civilian law enforcement of immigration laws.
 
DHS shall establish a Border Communities Liaison Office in every patrol sector at the southern and northern borders. 
 
The bill prescribes requirements for enhanced border cooperation with Mexico, including in the areas of: (1) border security, (2) human trafficking and smuggling, (3) drug trafficking, (4) gang membership, and (5) violence and border deaths.
 
DHS shall establish a Southern Border Security Task Force.
 
The bill establishes the Southern Border Security Commission. 
 
DHS shall:
 
 
issue policies regarding the use of force by DHS personnel;
 
establish standards for the conditions of confinement for children in CBP custody; and
 
consider safety and family concerns in any action related to the repatriation or prosecution of individuals apprehended for immigration violations. 
 
 
DHS may not establish any new border crossing fees for individuals crossing at land ports of entry along the southern and northern borders.
 
DHS must certify to Congress every six months, with specified exceptions, that it has only deported or otherwise removed a migrant from the United States through an entry or exit point on the southern border during daylight hours.
 
DHS shall make specified increases to the total number of full-time CBP officers and support staff at U.S. land ports of entry by September 30, 2020. 
 
Each component of DHS shall comply with the Department of Justice Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in House