H.R. 2076, COVID–19 Border Protection (CBP) Act
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H.R. 2076, the COVID–19 Border Protection (CBP) Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives March 19, 2021, by Mr. Clyde and other members and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and other committees. It would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a strategy to ensure no individual in custody is released into the community during a public health emergency related to coronavirus if the individual may have a communicable disease. Section 2 requires the strategy to be finalized not later than 45 days after enactment, with a plan to test aliens coming across the United States border for COVID–19 and to quarantine aliens in the event of a positive case. The cost is to be derived from transferring $100,000,000 under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2076
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a strategy to ensure
no individual in custody is released into the community during a public
health emergency related to coronavirus if the individual may have a
communicable disease relating to any public health emergency, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 19, 2021
Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr.
NORMAN, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HIGGINS of
Louisiana, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr.
SIMPSON, Mr. MAST, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Ms. VAN
DUYNE, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. ROSE, Mr.
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms.
GRANGER, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, and Mr. MEIJER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and
Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a
strategy to ensure no individual in custody is released
into the community during a public health emergency
related to coronavirus if the individual may have a com-
municable disease relating to any public health emer-
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Border
5 Protection (CBP) Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. STRATEGY RELATING TO RELEASE OF ALIENS WHO
7 MAY HAVE A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DUR-
8 ING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after the
10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
11 land Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health
12 and Human Services, shall finalize a strategy to ensure
13 that no alien in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland
14 Security, as well as no unaccompanied alien child in the
15 custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
16 is released into a community in the United States during
17 a public health emergency related to coronavirus if the in-
18 dividual may have a communicable disease relating to any
19 public health emergency. The Secretary shall implement
20 the strategy not later than 15 days after the date on which
21 the strategy is finalized, and shall submit a copy of the
22 strategy to the Congress not later than 72 hours after
23 such finalization.
24 (b) COVID TESTING.—The strategy developed under
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25 subsection (a) shall include a plan—
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1 (1) to test aliens coming across the United
2 States border for COVID–19; and
3 (2) to quarantine aliens in the event of a posi-
4 tive COVID–19 case.
5 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a), the
6 term ‘‘public health emergency’’ means—
7 (1) a public health emergency declared by the
8 Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant
9 to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42
10 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to
11 the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), includ-
12 ing any renewal;
13 (2) a public health emergency declared for
14 COVID–19 by any State, including any renewal; or
15 (3) any period for which the Director of the
16 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in-
17 creases the travelers’ health risk level for intro-
18 ducing, transmitting, and spreading COVID–19 in
19 or from Canada, Mexico, or both, to above Level 1.
20 (d) FUNDING.—To the extent provided in advance in
21 appropriations Acts, the cost of implementing the strategy
22 under subsection (a) shall be derived from transferring to
23 the Secretary of Homeland Security $100,000,000 from
24 the amount appropriated to the Secretary of State under
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1 section 10004 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
2 (Public Law 117–2).
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