H.R. 4402: Inland Waters Security Review Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-19 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Inland Waters Security Review Act

Plain summary

Inland Waters Security Review Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress an inland waters threat analysis that includes current and potential terrorism and criminal threats, security challenges and mitigation efforts, vulnerabilities that hinder effective security, counterterrorism, anti-trafficking efforts, and trade flow in inland waters, and metrics and performance measures. In preparing the threat analysis, DHS shall consider technology and personnel needs and challenges; the roles of state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to inland waters security; the need for cooperation among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and international partner law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to such security; and the challenges posed by geography with respect to such security.

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Official text

Inland Waters Security Review Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4402, Inland Waters Security Review Act, which would require DHS to conduct a threat analysis of inland waters and report its findings to the Congress (2019-12-20); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4402, Inland Waters Security Review Act (2019-12-20)

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Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)

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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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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4402.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4402 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116