H.R. 4451: Border Security Health Initiative Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-03 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Border Security Health Initiative Act

Plain summary

Border Security Health Initiative Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents who are removed from border security operations for the purpose of accompanying to medical treatment facilities ill or injured individuals interdicted by the Border Patrol. Such program shall place appropriate medical personnel from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at Border Patrol stations along the southwest border to ensure that Border Patrol agents are able to prioritize securing the international borders of the United States. The CBP, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer of DHS, shall submit a report on implementation of such program, including a list of Border Patrol stations within which the program is operational, statistics on Border Patrol agent hours spent on border security operations that would have otherwise been spent accompanying ill or injured detainees to medical treatment facilities, and an estimation of efficiencies and cost savings from such program.

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Official text

Border Security Health Initiative Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · 4 cosponsors

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Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4451.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4451 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114