Subterranean Border Defense Act
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Introduced 2025-01-16
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What it does
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.
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1Short title
This section would allow the Act to be called the "Subterranean Border Defense Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Subterranean Border Defense Act .
2Annual reports on counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations
This section would insert the words "and annually thereafter" into 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), placing them right after the phrase "development of the strategic plan." Explaining what obligation this extends to an annual basis (who must act, what they must produce, and to whom) requires the text of that existing paragraph, which is not part of this bill's text.
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2. Annual reports on counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations 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 .
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Where it is
Introduced · 2025-01-16
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-03-10
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The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
9
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCORPORATEDvia C. BAKER CONSULTING, INC.
1 filingFrom 1 filing in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2025-03-11).