Border Response Resilience Act
Summary
Border Response Resilience Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a plan for responding to irregular increases in migration at the border that present risks to border security. The plan shall include various elements including (1) a list of each agency, component, and office involved; (2) a process for quickly expanding capacity to temporarily process and hold individuals; and (3) a strategy for coordinating with local governments and other entities when DHS releases detained individuals. DHS must also identify metric thresholds for determining when to activate the plan and must activate the plan when such thresholds are satisfied. Furthermore, DHS must notify Congress no later than 14 days after activating the plan.
Bill status
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced May 27, 2021
Last action May 27, 2021
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May 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rob Portman
RRepublican
Co
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Kelly
DDemocratic
Co
Mitt Romney
RRepublican
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