Border Patrol First Act

Bill: 117-hr-9238
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2022-10-25
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-10-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Border Patrol First Act</strong></p> <p>This bill transfers $240 million previously made available to the Department of State for refugee and humanitarian assistance to the Department of Homeland Security. The transferred funds shall be available (1) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities, and (2) to reimburse the states of Texas and Arizona for activities related to border security.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9238 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 25, 2022 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mrs. Flores , Mr. Van Drew , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Carey , and Ms. Foxx ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To transfer certain amounts authorized to be appropriated for foreign assistance to the Department of Homeland Security for programs securing the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Patrol First Act . 2. Transfer required Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the Department of State for refugee and migration assistance and for humanitarian assistance in Central America, $240,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with amounts made available to the Department of Homeland Security— (1) for the programs, projects, and activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern international border of the United States; and (2) to reimburse the States of Texas and Arizona for programs, projects, or activities conducted by such States relating to securing the southern international border of the United States.