Stop the SURGE Act
Summary
Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande Encampments Act of 2021 or the Stop the SURGE Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transfer certain aliens who enter the United States unlawfully to new ports of entry. Specifically, if DHS encounters such an individual in certain Border Patrol sectors (generally the sectors covering Texas), DHS must immediately transfer the individual to new ports of entry established under this bill in specified locations, including Greenwich, Connecticut, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. DHS may not exercise discretion to process such individuals in any location other than the ports of entry created under this bill. These provisions shall be deemed to have taken effect on September 1, 2021.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 25, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
4
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Oct 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
lower
Oct 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
lower
Oct 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
lower
Oct 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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