Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “See the Crisis Act”.
See the Crisis Act
A BILL
To limit travel by the Vice President until after certain activities are undertaken with respect to the southwest border, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on federal funds for Vice President international travel
No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the travel expenses of the Vice President to travel outside of the United States until on or after the date that each of the following conditions are met:
The Vice President personally travels to at least one of the counties listed in section 15732 of title 40, United States Code, to review the activities of the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal agencies responsible for enforcing and implementing immigration laws.
The Vice President submits the report described under section 3.
Sec. 3 Report
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Vice President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes—
a detailed list of the Federal agencies and local supporting law enforcement offices with which the Vice President has met in person on location at a southwest border facility operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or at a Border Patrol Duty Location in the Big Bend Sector Texas, Del Rio Sector Texas, El Centro Sector California, El Paso Sector Texas, Laredo Sector Texas, Rio Grande Valley Sector Texas, San Diego Sector California, Tucson Sector Arizona, or the Yuma Sector Arizona, relating to the current crisis at the southwest border since January 20, 2021;
any plans the Vice President has to visit the crisis at the southwest border after the date such report is submitted; and
the estimated amount of funds the Vice President or any other Federal agency intends to offer Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico as part of an international aid package relating to the immigration and humanitarian crisis at the southwest border.