US Congress House Bill 2124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) within 180 days, to report on metrics to be used to gauge the incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence and on how the resulting findings shall be quantified for periodic reporting; and (2) every 90 days after submitting such report, to report on incidents or occurrences of cross-border violence, incorporating such metrics and including information and crime statistics from federal, state, local, and tribal sources. Requires such metrics to include: (1) border sheriff and state law enforcement reports on crime, vandalism, theft, burglary, apprehensions, accidents, and capital crimes; (2) reports from local hospitals in border states regarding the number of individuals treated for wounds obtained during acts of cross-border violence; (3) the impact to property values and businesses along the border as a result of factors such as acts of vandalism, theft, burglary, destruction of property, and intimidation; and (4) accounts of cross-border violence reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other federal agencies.

Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011

Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-06-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2011-06-03	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2011-06-03	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-06-03	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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/112th-congress/house-bill/2124/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2124/BILLS-112hr2124ih.pdf