A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.

Bill: 116-s-2202
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-07-22
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona

Border security and unlawful immigration

California

Congressional oversight

Detention of persons

Latin America

Law enforcement officers

Licensing and registrations

Mexico

Texas

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to expedite detainee transport to processing facilities. Under the program, CBP shall ensure that (1) a certain number of border patrol agents with commercial driver's licenses with passenger endorsements are serving at each remote station and on each shift, and (2) a certain number of buses are assigned to specified geographical sectors.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2202 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 22, 2019 Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.

1. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate ; and (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives . (2) Remote border patrol station The term remote border patrol station means a border patrol station located in an area within the United States along the international border between the United States and Mexico that is not within an area defined and designated by the Bureau of the Census as an urbanized area. 2. Commercial driver program (a) Establishment The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall establish a program to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities by ensuring that, beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) not fewer than 300 border patrol agents assigned to remote border patrol stations have a commercial driver’s license with a passenger endorsement for detainee transport; (2) not fewer than 5 border patrol agents who have a commercial driver’s license with a passenger endorsement for detainee transport are available at each remote border patrol station during every shift; (3) not fewer than 3 buses are assigned to each of the El Paso, Laredo, Rio Grande Valley, San Diego, and Tucson sectors and parked (when not in use) at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility located in the respective sector; and (4) not fewer than 2 buses are assigned to each of the Big Bend, Del Rio, El Centro, and Yuma sectors and parked (when not in use) at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility located in the respective sector. (b) Relocation Buses assigned to specific Border Patrol Sectors pursuant to subsection (a) may be relocated to other sectors in response to changing immigration patterns. (c) Reducing wait times at remote border patrol stations The Commissioner shall ensure that sufficient buses are available in each border patrol sector to avoid subjecting detainees to long wait times at remote border patrol stations. (d) Reporting requirement The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit quarterly reports to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the average length of detainees’ stay at border patrol processing centers.