H.R. 5525: Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Failed House, 29 Sep 2023. Introduced 18 Sep 2023.

Official title: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 29 Sep 2023: Failed, 198 Yea, 232 Nay, 0 Present, 3 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (198): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Nay (232): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not voting (3): John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13).

Not in office (12): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2).

Summary

Main subject: Provides continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 through October 31, 2023, and changes border security and immigration law, including asylum, detention, parole and penalty provisions. Division A, Division C, Division D

Its core areas: Continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024; Border wall and barrier construction; Asylum eligibility and credible fear standards; Expedited removal and immigration detention; Detention of children and families; Immigration parole limits; Penalties for unlawful entry and visa overstays.

Unexpected Items: 33 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (4)

Division C, Sec. 114: U.S. Customs and Border Protection spiritual readiness: Requires annual reports for five years on the availability and use of chaplains, prayer groups, houses of worship, and other spiritual resources for CBP members at risk of suicide.
Division C, Sec. 120: Prohibited identification documents at airport security checkpoints; notification to immigration agencies: Bars the Transportation Security Administration from accepting certain immigration forms as proof of identification at airport checkpoints, requires notice to immigration agencies, and requires biometric collection from certain travelers.
Division C, Sec. 121: Prohibition against any COVID–19 vaccine mandate or adverse action against DHS employees: Bars the Secretary of Homeland Security from issuing a COVID–19 vaccine mandate without express authorization by Congress and from taking adverse action against employees solely for refusing the vaccine.
Division C, Sec. 123: Report on Mexican drug cartels: Requires Congress to commission a report with a national strategy on Mexican drug cartels and information on their actions that harm the United States.

Applies only to a specific place or group (1)

Division C, Sec. 107: U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel: Authorizes up to $100,000,000 for a retention bonus for front-line Border Patrol agents at or below GS–12 with five or more years of service who commit to two more years. ($100,000,000)

Funds a specific named project or event (8)

Division A, Sec. 120: Makes Department of Defense shipbuilding funds available for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine, despite the limits in sections 102 and 104.
Division A, Sec. 122: Provides additional funding for Department of Energy Nuclear Energy at a rate for operations of $220,000,000, including $120,000,000 for Risk Reduction for Future Demonstrations and $100,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability. ($220,000,000)
Sec. 136: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the Secretary of the Interior to continue the federal wildland firefighter base salary increase, up to a total of $17,250,000. ($17,250,000)
Division C, Sec. 106: U.S. Customs and Border Protection technology upgrades: Authorizes $33,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for the Border Security Deployment Program of CBP and $125,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for upgrading license plate readers at ports of entry.
Division C, Sec. 110: Operation Stonegarden: Establishes a grant program named Operation Stonegarden for eligible law enforcement agencies and authorizes $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. ($110,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 112: Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar: Requires hiring contractors to eradicate carrizo cane and salt cedar along the Rio Grande River by September 30, 2027, and authorizes $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. ($7,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 126: Offsetting authorizations of appropriations: Authorizes no funds for named programs and items (the Alternatives to Detention Case Management Pilot Program, Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, electric vehicles, St. Elizabeths campus construction, Shelter Services Program) and authorizes $216,000,000 for Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness. ($216,000,000)
Sec. 202: Operational detention facilities: Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to reopen or restore all ICE detention facilities in operation on January 20, 2021 that later closed or were reduced, and names five specific facilities that must be included.

Exception or delay for a subset (10)

Division A, Sec. 121: For the period covered by this Act, changes a time period in a title 10 provision from two years to four years.
Division A, Sec. 124: Lets the District of Columbia spend local funds at the rate set in its own fiscal year 2024 local budget act, notwithstanding other provisions of this Act except section 106.
Sec. 137: For the period covered by this Act, changes the fiscal years listed in section 126 of Division J of Public Law 117–328 to add fiscal year 2019.
Division C, Sec. 108: Anti-Border Corruption Act reauthorization: Requires the CBP Commissioner to waive a hiring requirement under the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 for certain state or local officers, federal officers, and service members or veterans, until personnel-level certification is made.
Division D, Sec. 111: Requirement for procedures relating to certain asylum applications: Requires the Attorney General to set procedures within 30 days to expedite asylum applications only for nationals of Western Hemisphere countries subject to sanctions under three listed authorities.
Division A, Sec. 101: Continues fiscal year 2023 funding rates, reduces them by 8.1285 percent to a total of $1,590,000,000,000, and exempts national defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and disaster relief amounts from the reduction. ($1,590,000,000,000)
Division A, Sec. 119: Allows Department of Defense amounts under section 101(3) to be apportioned at the rate needed for the programs in a named House appropriations bill, despite the new-start limits in sections 102 and 104.
Division A, Sec. 127: Bars use of funds to transport certain aliens into the interior of the United States other than for immigration enforcement, and exempts transport of unaccompanied alien children from that bar.
Division D, Sec. 104: Exceptions: Rewrites the bars to asylum eligibility. Within it, an alien convicted of a domestic violence or battery offense is not barred on that basis if the alien meets the criteria under section 237(a)(7)(A).
Division D, Sec. 106: Asylum fees: Sets an asylum application fee of not less than $50, capped at adjudication cost, and exempts unaccompanied alien children filing in proceedings under section 240 from that fee. ($50)

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (4)

Sec. 130: Bars use of funds under section 101 to carry out the activities and policies in two named enforcement memoranda, including any successor or similar memorandum or policy.
Sec. 131: Bars use of funds under section 101 to carry out a January 10, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection directive titled "Emergency Driving and Vehicular Pursuits".
Sec. 132: Bars use of funds under section 101 to implement, administer, or enforce a specific rule on credible fear screening and asylum claims (87 Fed. Reg. 18078).
Sec. 134: Bars use of funds under section 101 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule titled "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways" (88 Fed. Reg. 11704).

Changes a government process (5)

Division B, Sec. 101: Statutory PAYGO scorecards: Provides that the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division are not entered on the statutory PAYGO scorecards.
Division B, Sec. 102: Senate PAYGO scorecards: Provides that the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division are not entered on the Senate PAYGO scorecard.
Division B, Sec. 103: Classification of budgetary effects: Provides that the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division are not estimated for certain budget-enforcement and allocation purposes.
Sec. 703: Cause of action: Gives any person, State, or local government with financial harm above $1,000 from the Federal Government's failure to apply this title standing to sue in district court. ($1,000)
Division C, Sec. 105: Border security technology program management: Adds a section to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 setting acquisition program baselines, standards, and a testing plan for border security technology programs expected to cost at least $100,000,000, with no additional appropriations authorized. ($100,000,000)

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)

Division C, Sec. 115: Restrictions on funding: Provides that no funds are authorized for Department of Homeland Security disbursement to nongovernmental organizations that facilitate unlawful activity or that provide transportation, lodging, or immigration legal services to certain inadmissible aliens.

What it does

Division A, Sec. 101: Continues funding for projects and activities at fiscal year 2023 rates under the fiscal year 2023 appropriations Acts, and reduces that rate by 8.1285 percent, except for national defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and disaster relief amounts.
Division A, Sec. 106: Makes the continuing funds available until the earliest of enactment of an appropriation for the project or activity, enactment of the applicable fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act without it, or October 31, 2023.
Division C, Sec. 102: Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, within seven days of enactment, to resume all border wall construction activities along the Mexico border that were underway or being planned before January 20, 2021.
Division C, Sec. 103: Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require a border wall along not fewer than 900 miles of the southwest border, and requires the Secretary to waive all legal requirements necessary for expeditious construction.
Division D, Sec. 101: Amends asylum law so that an alien who transited through at least one other country before reaching the United States is barred from applying for asylum, unless an exception applies, such as a final denial of protection in each country transited.
Division D, Sec. 102: Changes the credible fear standard from a significant possibility to requiring that the alien more likely than not could establish asylum eligibility and that the alien's statements are more likely than not true.
Sec. 201: Requires detention of aliens subject to expedited removal, bars their release other than for removal or return, requires return to contiguous territory when detention or removal cannot be carried out, and lets State attorneys general sue for injunctive relief.
Sec. 401: Provides that detention of an alien child who is not unaccompanied is governed by specified Immigration and Nationality Act sections despite any settlement agreement, and requires detaining together an adult charged only with unlawful entry and the adult's child.
Sec. 601: Raises the civil penalty for unlawful entry to not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, and makes a visa overstay of 10 days or more punishable by a fine or up to 6 months in prison, or up to 2 years for later violations.
Sec. 701: Rewrites the parole authority to allow parole only case by case, not by eligibility criteria describing an entire class, and only for purposes listed in the text, with parole periods generally limited to the shorter of the needed time or 1 year.

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