US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 4 2010 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: House Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the escalating level of violence on the United States-Mexico border is a serious threat to U.S. national security; (2) the Administration, as well as state and local authorities, should take appropriate steps to deal with such threat; (3) the Administration should deploy the National Guard to such border as has been requested by a number of border state governors and Members of Congress; and (4) troops that are deployed should be given very clear rules of engagement and should be armed and allowed to defend themselves if attacked.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the escalating level of violence on the United States-Mexico border is a serious threat to the national security of the United States.

Rep Giffords, Gabrielle	Rep Bishop, Rob	Rep Burton, Dan	Rep Coble, Howard
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep King, Steve	Rep Lummis, Cynthia M.	Rep Poe, Ted
Rep Schock, Aaron	Rep Shimkus, John	Rep Akin, W. Todd	Rep Campbell, John
Rep Franks, Trent	Rep Olson, Pete	Rep Pitts, Joseph R.	Rep Royce, Edward R.
Rep Miller, Gary G.	Rep Peterson, Collin C.	Rep Barton, Joe	Rep Granger, Kay
Rep Hall, Ralph M.	Rep Johnson, Sam	Rep Marchant, Kenny	Rep McCaul, Michael T.
Rep Neugebauer, Randy	Rep Posey, Bill	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Calvert, Ken
Rep Latta, Robert E.	Rep McClintock, Tom	Rep Hunter, Duncan D.	Rep Rogers, Harold

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-04		Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HC00273:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hconres273ih/pdf/BILLS-111hconres273ih.pdf