H.R. 6306: Immigration and Border Security Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-29 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Government Reform, Armed Services, 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.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Government Reform, Armed Services, 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Immigration and Border Security Act

Plain summary

Immigration and Border Security Act - Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) U.S. border security, including technology and equipment enhancements, security cooperation, and increases in Border Patrol and Immigration enforcement personnel; (2) detention and removal of illegal aliens; (3) border security agency amendments; (4) recruitment and retention of Border Patrol personnel; (5) increases in U.S. Customs and Border Protection import specialists, prosecutors, judges, and U.S. Marshals; (6) expedited traveler programs; (7) alien smuggling; (8) nonimmigrant visa classification and related status adjustment authority for informants respecting commercial alien smuggling organizations; (9) Northern Border Prosecution Initiative; (10) criminal aliens, including removal and state reimbursement for incarceration costs; (11) Operation Predator; (12) biometrics and portal detection; (13) state and local immigration-related enforcement; and (14) admission denial for officials of countries refusing return of their citizens/nationals removed from the United States.

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Official text

Immigration and Border Security Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] · 0 cosponsors

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Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr6306.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6306 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109