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H.R.5662: Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
- This bill is primarily about emergency management
- Introduced March 31, 2008
- Latest Major Action Nov. 19, 2008
- See the four similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
30 (29 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between fiscal years 2009 and 2013, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel for U.S. ports of entry by not fewer than 5,000, 1,200, and 350, respectively, above the number of such personnel for which funds were made available during...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
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Referred to House Homeland Security
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Referred to House Ways and Means
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Referred to House Agriculture
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Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
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| March 31, 2008 |
Introduced in the House by Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) |