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HR 6794 117th Congress House Immigration Advanced technology and technological innovations Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Research and development Technology assessment

Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act

Introduced: February 18, 2022 Introduced by: Slotkin, Elissa Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 19, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Feb 18, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Feb 18, 2022
Introduced in House
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Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress a plan to identify and deploy emerging and advanced technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, automation, and optical radar) to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern U.S. borders between ports of entry. The report shall contain information including assessments of (1) how Customs and Border Protection is currently using such technologies, (2) how such technologies can address border security capability gaps, and (3) the cost of acquiring such technologies.

What's happening now February 19, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Sep 30, 2022
 D
Ryan, Patrick
New York · Sep 28, 2022
Delgado, Antonio
· Mar 29, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Feb 28, 2022
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Feb 18, 2022
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 18, 2022
Taylor, Van
· Feb 18, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6794: Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6794/
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"H.R. 6794: Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6794/.
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H.R. 6794, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6794/.
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