US Congress House Bill 5261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Central American and USA Initiatives Act or the CAUSA Initiatives Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with Canada, Mexico, and the countries of Central America to establish a program to: assess the needs of Central American countries to maintain the security of their international borders; determine the support needed by such countries from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to meet such needs; and assess the current structure for handling displaced minors and other vulnerable individuals in Central American countries and make recommendations to improve such structure. Directs the Secretary to work with: the Caribbean countries to establish a program to address maritime border security; and Mexico to establish a program to help secure Mexico's southern border from undocumented aliens, drugs, weapons, and other contraband. Directs the Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to: ensure that adequate facilities and sustaining needs (food, water, medical care, and sanitary facilities) are provided to an individual apprehended and detained by the Border Patrol as soon as practicable, ensure that an individual unlawfully present in the United States who is apprehended by a Border Patrol agent is promptly provided with information concerning such individual's rights, and maintain a database on individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are apprehended and detained by Border Patrol agents.

CAUSA Initiatives Act

Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
2014-08-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2014-07-30	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-07-30	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2014-07-30	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-07-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5261/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5261/BILLS-113hr5261ih.pdf