H.R. 495

Subterranean Border Defense Act

8 cosponsors

Where it stands

Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Committee Skipped
House of Representatives Mar 10, 2025
Senate Now
Law —

Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Committee Skipped
House of Representatives Mar 10, 2025
Senate Now
Law —

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Mar 11, 2025)

Votes

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed, 402–1 House of Representatives · Roll Call 63 · Mar 10, 2025

Who voted how

Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Subterranean Border Defense Act

This bill requires recurring annual reporting by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the implementation of a strategic plan to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations. Currently, CBP is only required to report once no later than one year after the plan's development.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 2. Annual reports on counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations Since introduced

Paragraph (2) of section 7134(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 6 U.S.C. 257 note) is amended by inserting and annually thereafter after development of the strategic plan.