HR 993referred119th Congress

Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Introduced Feb 5, 2025House billPolicy area: ImmigrationLast action Mar 11, 2025Sponsor: J. Luis Correa(D-CA)

foreignaffairsImmigration

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeBorder Security and Enforcement SubcommitteeHomeland Security Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Mar 11, 2025

What the bill does

Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy emerging and innovative technologies to improve border security operations. Such technologies may incorporate artificial intelligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and LIDAR sensors, and imaging, identification, and categorization systems. The bill authorizes CBP to establish one or more Innovation Teams to research and adapt commercial technologies that may be used by CBP. The plan must describe how the Innovation Teams have been implemented and also detail goals and timelines for adoption of qualifying technologies, metrics and key performance parameters for determining the plan's effectiveness, which technologies used by other federal agencies CBP may also utilize, which existing authorities CBP may use to procure technologies, how CBP legacy border technology programs may be replaced, the expected privacy and security impact of security-related technology on border communities, and recent technological advancements in specified technologies. CBP must provide the plan to Congress within 180 days of the bill’s enactment. The bill also requires CBP to annually report to Congress regarding the activities of the Innovation Teams.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Lobbying Filings

$32.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Feb 5, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Mar 10, 2025vote

Stephanie I. Bice voted yea

Mar 10, 2025vote

Lauren Boebert voted not_voting

Mar 10, 2025vote

Gus M. Bilirakis voted yea

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY

Apr 24, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 11, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Mar 10, 2025Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1059-1060)

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Mar 10, 2025Floor

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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Mar 10, 2025Floor

Passed/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)

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY	AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY	$12.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	ANIBUDCAW
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE	NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE	$10.0M	Aug 11, 2025	2025Q2	LAWRETTAX
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Stephanie I. Bice	R	yea	Mar 10, 2025
Lauren Boebert	R	not_voting	Mar 10, 2025
Gus M. Bilirakis	R	yea	Mar 10, 2025
Vern Buchanan	R	yea	Mar 10, 2025

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

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