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H.R. 993 · Immigration
Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
What does this mean?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency that patrols and monitors the border, would have to come up with a formal plan for using newer technologies—things like AI, sensors, radar, and advanced imaging—to help spot and track border crossings. The agency could also set up small "Innovation Teams" whose job is to find useful tech already used in the private sector or by other government agencies and adapt it for border enforcement. Within six months of the law passing, CBP would have to send Congress a detailed plan covering timelines, costs, how it affects privacy for people living near the border, and how it would phase out older equipment, and then keep reporting on this work every year. In practice, this mainly changes what CBP does internally and how it reports to Congress—it doesn't create new border policies for individuals, but it could shape what surveillance tools show up at the border over time.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in House
Feb 5, 2025
Referred to Committee
Feb 5, 2025
Passed House
Mar 10, 2025
Received in Senate
Mar 11, 2025
Full action history (12)
Feb 5, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Mar 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 10, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 9 (Roll no. 65). (text: CR H1052-1053)
Mar 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 9 (Roll no. 65). (text: CR H1052-1053)
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