118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4961 — To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Immigration

Introduced Jul 27, 2023

Last action Dec 17, 2024

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jul 27, 2023

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Referred

Dec 17, 2024

Homeland Security · Ways & Means

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that the operating hours of all ports of entry located on the United States-Canada border are equal to or greater than the operating hours that were in place immediately before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 5 actions

Dec 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Jul 27, 2023

Introduced in House

Jul 27, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Jul 27, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.