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S. 4361Border Act of 2024
- Sponsor
- Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Latest action
- May 23, 2024 · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 50. Record Vote Number: 182. (CR S3878)
- IntroducedMay 16, 2024
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
The bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to address the processing of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) and provides supplemental appropriations for related purposes.
Among other provisions, the bill provides DHS emergency authority to summarily remove or prohibit the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals within 100 miles of the southwest land border. DHS may exercise this authority if DHS encounters an average of 4,000 non-U.S. nationals within a seven-day period. If the number of encounters reach certain higher thresholds, DHS must exercise the emergency authority. This emergency border authority expires after three years and may be modified by the President under specified circumstances.
Next, the bill establishes an expedited process that authorizes asylum officers to adjudicate certain asylum claims. Among other provisions, these provisional noncustodial removal proceedings impose certain target timelines for determining asylum claims and limit review of denied claims. The bill also establishes a stricter threshold for individuals to remain in the United States pending adjudication of an asylum petition.
The bill extends and establishes immigration pathways for Afghan citizens or nationals, including by (1) making certain individuals admitted or paroled to the United States eligible for conditional permanent resident status, and (2) expanding eligibility for special immigrant visas for certain individuals who were injured while supporting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
The bill also increases base pay for asylum officers and grants DHS temporary direct hire authority to hire personnel to implement the bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 4361 as introduced in Senate on May 16, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate May 23, 2024
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4361
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
43 Yea 50 Nay 7 not voting
Party-line vote 5 of 93 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Democrats, 1 Republican.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticYea
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanNay
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticYea
- RMarsha BlackburnTN · RepublicanNay
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticYea
- DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Running in 2026Nay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanNay
- RBraunIN · RepublicanNay
- RKatie Boyd BrittAL · RepublicanNay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticYea
- RTed BuddNC · RepublicanNay
- DButlerCA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Nay
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticYea
- RShelley Moore CapitoWV · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DCardinMD · DemocraticYea
- DCarperDE · DemocraticYea
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticYea
- RBill CassidyLA · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DCatherine Cortez MastoNV · DemocraticYea
- RTom CottonAR · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RKevin CramerND · RepublicanNay
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanNay
- RTed CruzTX · RepublicanNay
- RSteve DainesMT · RepublicanNay
- DTammy DuckworthIL · DemocraticYea
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticYea
- RJoni ErnstIA · RepublicanNay
- DJohn FettermanPA · DemocraticYea
- RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanNay
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticYea
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanNay
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanNay
- RBill HagertyTN · RepublicanRunning in 2026Not voting
- DMargaret Wood HassanNH · DemocraticYea
- RJosh HawleyMO · RepublicanNay
- DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticYea
- DJohn W. HickenlooperCO · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticYea
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanNay
- RCindy Hyde-SmithMS · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanNay
- DTim KaineVA · DemocraticYea
- DMark KellyAZ · DemocraticYea
- RJohn KennedyLA · RepublicanNay
- IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticYea
- RJames LankfordOK · RepublicanNay
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanNay
- DBen Ray LujánNM · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RCynthia M. LummisWY · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DManchinWV · DemocraticNot voting
- DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Running in 2026Nay
- RRoger MarshallKS · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanNay
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNot voting
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanNay
- RMullinOK · RepublicanNot voting
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Yea
- DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticYea
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticYea
- DJon OssoffGA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DAlex PadillaCA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Nay
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanNay
- DGary C. PetersMI · DemocraticYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RPete RickettsNE · RepublicanRunning in 2026Not voting
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RRomneyUT · RepublicanNay
- DJacky RosenNV · DemocraticYea
- RMike RoundsSD · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RRubioFL · RepublicanNay
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
- DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticYea
- REric SchmittMO · RepublicanNay
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticYea
- RRick ScottFL · RepublicanNay
- RTim ScottSC · RepublicanNot voting
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticYea
- ISinemaAZ · IndependentNay
- DTina SmithMN · DemocraticYea
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticYea
- RDan SullivanAK · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DTesterMT · DemocraticYea
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanNay
- RThom TillisNC · RepublicanNay
- RTommy TubervilleAL · RepublicanNay
- DChris Van HollenMD · DemocraticYea
- RVanceOH · RepublicanNay
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DRaphael G. WarnockGA · DemocraticYea
- DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticNot voting
- DPeter WelchVT · DemocraticYea
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticYea
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanNay
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticYea
- RTodd YoungIN · RepublicanNay
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.