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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Mar 9, 2010
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress regarding the Merida Initiative's effects on: (1) border security; (2) border violence; (3) the illicit flow of arms, bulk cash, human trafficking and smuggling, and illegal narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border; and (4) cooperation between DHS officials and agencies and their foreign counterparts participating in the Merida Initiative.
Defines "Merida Initiative" as the program announced by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] · D–AZ
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-429, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-429, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Referred to House Homeland Security
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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