A bill to require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill: 118-s-2562
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-07-27
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Canada

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that the operating hours of all ports of entry located on the United States-Canada border are equal to or greater than the operating hours that were in place immediately before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2562 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2023 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Daines , Mr. Cramer , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID–19 pandemic.

1. Minimum hours of operation for ports of entry along the northern border Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall ensure that the operating hours of all United States ports of entry located on the border between the United States and Canada are equal to or greater than the operating hours in effect immediately before the declaration of a public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) as a result of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID–19).