Bill Explanation

Bill Explanation

This bill, known as H.R. 7366, was introduced by Mrs. B ICE and several other representatives. The purpose of the bill is to require timely publication of CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) border encounters and to enforce consequences if these publications are not made on time.

Section 1 of the bill states that the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of CBP, must take necessary actions to ensure the timely publication of CBP border encounters. This means that information about encounters at the border, such as arrests or interactions with individuals crossing the border, must be made public on the CBP Public Data Portal (or a similar portal) by the seventh day of each month for the previous month's encounters.

If the CBP border encounters are not timely published, federal funds allocated for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security will be reduced by 25% for the following month. In other words, if the required publications are not made on time, the government will cut a portion of the funds that are used to pay the salaries and cover the expenses of the Secretary's office.

Rep. James Baird

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