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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Aug 30, 2022
Bureaucrats to the Border Act
This bill renames the DHS Volunteer Force of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security as the DHS Mission Support Force. It also requires new employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve in a 30-day detail with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist with immigration proceedings at the southern border; the bill applies to new IRS employees who are hired as a result of recent funding increases for IRS enforcement activities.
People & committees
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2] · R–AL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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 the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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 the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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