HR-1690 : Still Just a Bill

Regional Immigration Diplomacy and Enforcement Act or the RIDE Act

This bill requires the Department of State to seek to negotiate agreements with Western Hemisphere countries concerning issues related to immigration enforcement and refugee processing. The bill also requires a State Department study on certain issues related to border security.

Such agreements must contain certain provisions. For example, the government of Mexico must (1) accept the rapid entrance into Mexico of non-Mexican nationals seeking asylum; (2) process the asylum claims of such individuals inside Mexico in accordance with domestic law and international treaties; (3) accept the continued presence in Mexico of such individuals who have pending applications for asylum in the United States, if the individual is ineligible for asylum in Mexico; and (4) provide appropriate humanitarian protections. Such agreements must also require the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to accept the entrance of nationals of other countries seeking asylum and process such claims in accordance with domestic law and international treaties.

The State Department must also report to Congress an assessment of the feasibility of opening a U.S. International Law Enforcement Center in southern Mexico to assist U.S. efforts to combat transnational organized crime and illegal immigration.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2023-05-05CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.House floor actions
2023-05-05DischargeCommittee on the Judiciary discharged.House floor actions
2023-05-05CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 118-46, Part I.House floor actions
2023-04-28CommitteeOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22.House committee actions
2023-04-28CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2023-04-26CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2023-03-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.House floor actions
2023-03-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.House floor actions
2023-03-22IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress