{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-993","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 993","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or advanced technologies to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border security operations, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or advanced technologies to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border security operations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or advanced technologies to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border security operations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-03-10","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h65","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act","result":"Passed","yea":406,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll065.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2025-03-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-05","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill authorizes CBP to establish one or more Innovation Teams to research and adapt commercial technologies that may be used by CBP."},{"k":"p","t":"The plan must describe how the Innovation Teams have been implemented and also detail"},{"k":"li","t":"goals and timelines for adoption of qualifying technologies,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"metrics and key performance parameters for determining the plan's effectiveness,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"which technologies used by other federal agencies CBP may also utilize,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"which existing authorities CBP may use to procure technologies,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"how CBP legacy border technology programs may be replaced,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the expected privacy and security impact of security-related technology on border communities, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"recent technological advancements in specified technologies.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":208},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit to congressional committees a plan for identifying, integrating, and deploying new or emerging technologies in border security operations, and authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection Innovation Teams.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}]},"core_areas":["Border security technology plan","U.S. Customs and Border Protection Innovation Teams","Annual reporting to Congress on Innovation Team activities"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the CBP Commissioner and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to submit a plan on emerging technologies for border security to House and Senate homeland security committees within 180 days of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}},{"text":"Requires the plan to assess CBP legacy border technology programs that could be phased out and replaced, with cost estimates for the phase out and replacement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}},{"text":"Requires the plan to include an analysis of the authorities available to CBP to procure these technologies and an assessment of whether additional or alternative authorities are needed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}},{"text":"Requires the plan to include an assessment of the privacy and security impact of security-related technology on border communities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}},{"text":"Authorizes the CBP Commissioner to maintain one or more CBP Innovation Teams to research and adapt commercial technologies that may be used by CBP in border security operations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}},{"text":"Requires the CBP Commissioner to report to the House and Senate homeland security committees within 180 days of enactment and annually after that on Innovation Team activities, including technologies piloted and which were determined successful.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh#H9A42A782854A453F8C6773BA567A46F1"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-03-10","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/993/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-993.png","v":"3eab7055ec20","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 993, 119th Congress: Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act. House: 406 Yea, 9 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 10 Mar 2025."}}