US Congress House Bill 3524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 62-0)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes assistance to the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) to address the causes of migration to the United States and contains provisions related to the handling of such migrants. The Department of State shall create and implement a Northern Triangle strategy to (1) address crime and violence, (2) improve democratic governance, and (3) promote economic development and tackle extreme poverty. The State Department shall (1) help strengthen the capacity of Western Hemisphere countries to accept and care for refugees, and (2) establish Designated Processing Centers in various Latin American countries to process individuals seeking to migrate to the United States. At least 100,000 additional nationals from Northern Triangle countries shall be admitted as refugees each year from FY2020 through FY2024. The bill requires the hiring of additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, immigration judges, and related staff. The Department of Homeland Security shall establish standards of minimum care for individuals in CBP custody and additional guidelines and standards relating to children in CBP custody. The bill expands penalties related to smuggling and establishes criminal penalties for certain actions related to evading border controls. The bill contains various other immigration-related provisions, including (1) limits on when asylum applicants may be removed, (2) an expansion of alternatives to detention programs, and (3) a requirement that the Department of Justice provide counsel to children and particularly vulnerable individuals in immigration proceedings.

Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization Act

Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
2019-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
2019-06-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3524/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3524/BILLS-116hr3524ih.pdf