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HR 4003 · in committee · significant

Economic Opportunity for Border Communities Act

What this bill does

  • Commerce Department must create a national strategy to boost economic opportunity in border communities.
  • Border towns within 15 miles of land ports of entry are targeted for job growth and development.
  • Strategy focuses on manufacturing competitiveness, trade costs, and workforce training programs.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would targeting communities within 15 miles of ports of entry affect rural border areas that lie further away?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that manufacturing competitiveness improvements will actually create jobs rather than automate existing positions?

  3. 03

    Which federal agencies would fund this Commerce Department strategy, and what existing programs might be redirected to support it?

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Sponsor · D-NM-2

Gabe Vasquez

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Introduced 2025-06-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-13 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  2. 2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

  3. 2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

  4. 2025-06-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-06-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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