HR 993 · 119th Congress · Immigration

Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Introduced 2025-02-05· Sponsored by Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2025-03-11)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-03-10
Roll #65
Yea 406Nay 9
Democrats
197 Yea·7 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·2 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-03-10
Roll #65
Yea 406Nay 9
Democrats
197 Yea·7 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·2 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 se…

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Cosponsors (2)

1 Democrat1 Republican