Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-05
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act” Read the full text
Immigration
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 sy
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-02-05
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-03-10
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
3
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEvia NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
10 filingsAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYvia AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
4 filingsUCB, INC.via THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
3 filingsFrom 17 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 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).