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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 300 (Introduced in House) — To provide for operational control of the international border of the United States, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Operational control

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all actions the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate to achieve and maintain operational control of the international border between the United States and Mexico, and shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on such actions, achievement, and maintenance. Not later than 90 days after the submission of the report by the Secretary of Homeland Security under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— consult with State and local officials along the international border between the United States and Mexico, including border sheriffs, mayors of border towns and cities, chambers of commerce in border areas, farmers and ranchers and associated farming and ranching organizations in border areas, community organizations in border areas, State law enforcement agencies, and border State governors regarding the state of operational control of such border; and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on such state of operational control.
Not later than 90 days after receiving the report of the Comptroller General under subsection (b)(2) regarding the state of operational control, both the House of Representatives and the Senate shall vote on a joint resolution on the question as to whether such report should be disapproved. Such joint resolution shall be deemed to pass only if— a majority of each House approves such joint resolution; or such joint resolution is not voted on by each House by such date. The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an annual report on the state of operational control of the international border between the United States and Mexico.
The first of such annual reports shall be submitted not later than one year after the report required under subsection (b)(2) is submitted.
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