Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act
Official title: “To establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes.”
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The Senate passed it by voice vote on September 22, 2012. A voice vote records no individual votes.
The House passed it 397 to 4 on November 27, 2012, with 31 members who did not vote.
It became law on December 7, 2012.
The question on the official record: House, “On motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment”.
| Chamber and party | Yes | No | Present | Did not vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Republicans | 222 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| House Democrats | 175 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
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