HRES 1371 United States House · 118th Congress

Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border.

HRES 1371 is a House resolution condemning the Biden Administration and Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to secure the U.S. border. It cites statistics including over 9.7 million illegal immigration encounters since 2021 and the end of the Remain in Mexico program as evidence. As a symbolic resolution with no policy changes, it publicly expresses the House's disapproval of current border policies without altering any laws or enforcement actions.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

Sub-Topics: Border Security

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2024

Committee Review

Jul 2024

House Passage

Jul 2024

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Jul 22, 2024 Last action Jul 25, 2024

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 7 edits · Jul 25, 2024

MODERATE

The engrossed version of HRES 1371 makes several substantive rewording changes to the resolution condemning the Biden administration's border policies. The most significant changes involve softening claims about Vice President Harris's official title (calling 'border czar' a colloquial term rather than an official role), revising the ISIS-related allegations to be more specific and measured (400+ entered via an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network rather than 50+ being 'released'), removing the word 'secretly' from the parole program allegation, and dropping the descriptor 'Communist' before 'Chinese nationals.'

SCOPE

The first Whereas clause was reworded to state that Harris was 'tasked with working to address illegal immigration' and that the title 'border czar' was 'colloquial,' rather than stating she was officially appointed as border czar in charge of specific duties.

REQUIREMENT

The ISIS-related allegation was substantially revised: the original claimed over 50 individuals with ties to ISIS were 'on the loose' after being 'released by the Biden administration.' The engrossed version states that over 400 entered via an 'ISIS-affiliated smuggling network' and only over 50 had unknown whereabouts, a more specific and measured claim.

A new Whereas clause was added stating that 'under Border Czar Harris's leadership, multiple illegal aliens with terrorist ties have been released into the United States.'

The clause stating that over 350 individuals on the terrorist watch list were stopped trying to cross the southern border was removed entirely.

The parole program allegation was revised: the date changed from May 2024 to April 2024, the word 'secretly' was removed, 'over 400,000' became 'at least 400,000,' and the phrase 'through the abuse of parole programs' was added to specify the mechanism.

TECHNICAL

The phrase 'Communist Chinese nationals' was changed to simply 'Chinese nationals,' removing the political descriptor.

TIMELINE

The resolution date changed from July 22, 2024 to July 25, 2024.

Floor votes · House Jul 25, 2024

How they voted

220–196

Passed · 16 other

Total votes 432

Jul 25, 2024

D Democratic212

6 Yea 196 Nay 10

92% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican219

213 Yea 6

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Jul 25, 2024

Introduced

On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 400). (text: CR H4919-4920)

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Jul 25, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 400). (text: CR H4919-4920)

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Jul 24, 2024

Lower · Passed

Rule H. Res. 1376 passed House.

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Jul 23, 2024

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1376 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 1371. The resolution provides for consideration of H. Res. 1371 under a closed rule.

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Jul 22, 2024

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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Jul 22, 2024

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 32 co-sponsors