Stop the SURGE Act
USA117th CongressHR-5717| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Ralph Norman
Republican Representative
South Carolina
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (6)
• Homeland Security Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee• Trade Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande Encampments Act of 2021 or the Stop the SURGE Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transfer certain aliens who enter the United States unlawfully to new ports of entry. Specifically, if DHS encounters such an individual in certain Border Patrol sectors (generally the sectors covering Texas), DHS must immediately transfer the individual to new ports of entry established under this bill in specified locations, including Greenwich, Connecticut, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. DHS may not exercise discretion to process such individuals in any location other than the ports of entry created under this bill. These provisions shall be deemed to have taken effect on September 1, 2021.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Immigration
Stop the SURGE Act
USA117th CongressHR-5717| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande Encampments Act of 2021 or the Stop the SURGE Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transfer certain aliens who enter the United States unlawfully to new ports of entry. Specifically, if DHS encounters such an individual in certain Border Patrol sectors (generally the sectors covering Texas), DHS must immediately transfer the individual to new ports of entry established under this bill in specified locations, including Greenwich, Connecticut, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. DHS may not exercise discretion to process such individuals in any location other than the ports of entry created under this bill. These provisions shall be deemed to have taken effect on September 1, 2021.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Ralph Norman
Republican Representative
South Carolina
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (6)
• Homeland Security Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee• Trade Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Immigration
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- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted