H.R. 9050 · 117th Congress

Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act

Introduced on Sep 29, 2022 by Mayra Flores (R-TX-34). 9 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 29, 2022
Cosponsors
9
1 from the other party
Policy area
Immigration
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To restrict the flow of illicit drugs into the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 29, 2022). Public domain.

Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act

This bill addresses various issues related to border security.

For example, the bill

  • authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive reimbursement for the salaries of DHS employees providing training to foreign-vetted law enforcement or national security units under an agreement with the Department of Defense;
  • authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide air and marine support to foreign governments for certain operations, such as an operation to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States; and
  • makes it a crime to destroy or significantly damage physical or electronic devices (e.g., fences or cameras) used by the federal government to control a U.S. international border with the intent to achieve certain goals relating to securing financial gain and breaking federal laws.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mayra FloresR-TX-34Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 29, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Sep 29, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Sep 29, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, 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.
  4. Sep 29, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, 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.
  5. Sep 29, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, 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.
  6. Sep 29, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, 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.
  7. Sep 29, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, 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.
  8. Sep 30, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
  9. Sep 30, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
  10. Sep 30, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
  11. Nov 1, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  12. Nov 1, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.