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Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 993 · House Bill · 119th Congress

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Stage
Passed first chamber
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House
Sponsors
3
Latest action
Mar 11, 2025

What it 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…

Official summary · Introduced in House · Feb 5, 2025

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Feb 5, 2025

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Mar 11, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

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