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S. 4361: Border Act of 2024

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 16, 2024
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, May 16, 2024

The bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to address the processing of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) and provides supplemental appropriations for related purposes.

Among other provisions, the bill provides DHS emergency authority to summarily remove or prohibit the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals within 100 miles of the southwest land border. DHS may exercise this authority if DHS encounters an average of 4,000 non-U.S. nationals within a seven-day period. If the number of encounters reach certain higher thresholds, DHS must exercise the emergency authority. This emergency border authority expires after three years and may be modified by the President under specified circumstances.

Next, the bill establishes an expedited process that authorizes asylum officers to adjudicate certain asylum claims. Among other provisions, these provisional noncustodial removal proceedings impose certain target timelines for determining asylum claims and limit review of denied claims. The bill also establishes a stricter threshold for individuals to remain in the United States pending adjudication of an asylum petition.

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The bill extends and establishes immigration pathways for Afghan citizens or nationals, including by (1) making certain individuals admitted or paroled to the United States eligible for conditional permanent resident status, and (2) expanding eligibility for special immigrant visas for certain individuals who were injured while supporting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

The bill also increases base pay for asylum officers and grants DHS temporary direct hire authority to hire personnel to implement the bill.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

1 vote on this bill

Showing 1 of 1 roll calls

  • May 23, 2024SenateClotureFailed, yea-nay 43–50
    Roll call 182 tally by party
    PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
    Democrats41402
    Republicans14404
    Independents1201
    Total435007

    Senate roll call 182: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected.

    7 crossed party lines: 4 Democrats, 1 Republican, 2 Independents

    How each member voted (100)

Amendments

4 offered

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Who scored on this bill

50 points earned
  1. 1Mike Rounds R-SD3 amendments offered3 events+6
  2. 1Cory Booker D-NJ1 maverick vote1 event+6
  3. 1Laphonza Butler D-CA1 maverick vote1 event+6
  4. 1Edward Markey D-MA1 maverick vote1 event+6
  5. 1Lisa Murkowski R-AK1 maverick vote1 event+6
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History

  1. May 16, 2024Introduced in the Senate by Christopher Murphy.
Show the full action history (8 actions)
  1. May 23, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3862)
  2. May 23, 2024Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 182. (CR S3878)
  3. May 22, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3819)
  4. May 21, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3783)
  5. May 21, 2024Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S3783)
  6. May 20, 2024Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
  7. May 16, 2024Introduced in Senate
  8. May 16, 2024Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.