United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1655 (111th)
Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act
Introduced
19 March 2009
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
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Summary
Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, between FY2010-FY2014, to increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection 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 FY2009. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for each of FY2010-FY2014 to make improvements to existing U.S. ports of entry to improve border security. Directs the Administrator to give priority to ports determined to be in most need of repair in accordance with required infrastructure assessment studies.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009
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Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 19 March 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1655
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1655