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6 U.S.C. § 257Report

submitted 14 years ago by Pub. L. 112-127 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 148 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Homeland Security must send Congress a yearly report on cross-border tunnels. It must describe tunnels found along the Mexico border in the past year. It must also describe what the Department needs to stop, investigate, and prosecute tunnel building.

(a) In general. Each year, the Secretary of Homeland Security must send a report to the congressional committees named in subsection (b). The report must describe (1) the cross-border tunnels discovered along the Mexico-U.S. border during the past fiscal year, and (2) what the Department of Homeland Security needs to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute the building of such tunnels. (b) Congressional committees. The report goes to six committees: the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; the Senate Committee on Appropriations; the House Committee on Homeland Security; the House Committee on the Judiciary; and the House Committee on Appropriations.
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(a) In general

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an annual report to the congressional committees set forth in subsection (b) that includes a description of—

(1)

the cross-border tunnels along the border between Mexico and the United States discovered during the preceding fiscal year; and

(2)

the needs of the Department of Homeland Security to effectively prevent, investigate and prosecute border tunnel construction along the border between Mexico and the United States.

(b) Congressional committees

The congressional committees set forth in this subsection are—

(1)

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(2)

the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;

(3)

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

(4)

the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;

(5)

the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and

(6)

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 112–127, § 8, June 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 371.)

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  • 2012Enacted · Pub. L. 112-127 · 126 Stat. 371

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