Border Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4361
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2024-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Due process and equal protection
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Marriage and family status
Performance measurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Research and development
Smuggling and trafficking
Specialized courts
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: 

Border Act of 2024

The bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to address the processing of non-U.S. nationals (
aliens 
under federal law) and provides supplemental appropriations for related purposes.

Among other provisions, the bill provides DHS emergency authority to summarily remove or prohibit the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals within 100 miles of the southwest land border. DHS may exercise this authority if DHS encounters an average of 4,000 non-U.S. nationals within a seven-day period. If the number of encounters reach certain higher thresholds, DHS must exercise the emergency authority. This emergency border authority expires after three years and may be modified by the President under specified circumstances.

Next, the bill establishes an expedited process that authorizes asylum officers to adjudicate certain asylum claims. Among other provisions, these 
provisional noncustodial removal proceedings 
impose certain target timelines for determining asylum claims and limit review of denied claims.

 The bill also establishes a stricter threshold for individuals to remain in the United States pending adjudication of an asylum petition. 

The bill extends and establishes immigration pathways for Afghan citizens or nationals, including by (1) making certain individuals admitted or paroled to the United States eligible for conditional permanent resident status, and (2) expanding eligibility for special immigrant visas for certain individuals who were injured while supporting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

The bill also increases base pay for asylum officers and grants DHS temporary direct hire authority to hire personnel to implement the bill.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 182. (CR S3878)
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3862)
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3819)
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S3783)
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3783)
action_date: 2024-05-20
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate