EMAP Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9653 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9653 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Early Migration Alert Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024 Mr. Guest (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Ezell, and Mr. D'Esposito) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Early Migration Alert Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Early Migration Alert Program Act'' or the ``EMAP Act''. SEC. 2. EARLY MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 447. EARLY MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a program to be known as the `Early Migration Alert Program' (referred to in this section as `EMAP'). ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of EMAP is to-- ``(1) lead the Department's dissemination of information pertaining to the movement and release of aliens into the United States; and ``(2) formalize partnerships with regional stakeholders to integrate, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to the movement and release of aliens into the United States. ``(c) Information Sharing.-- ``(1) Provision of information.-- ``(A) In general.--Not later than 24 hours before releasing an alien into the United States, the Secretary, in con