S. 1871 119th Congress Senate

Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or adv… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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 that are safe and secure to enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection's capabilities to meet its mission needs along international borders and at ports of entry.

Introduced: May 22, 2025 Introduced by: Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

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May 22, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

May 22, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
6 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
6 filings
Energy, Dept of
6 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
6 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
6 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
6 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
6 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
6 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · May 22, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1871: Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1871/

MLA

"S. 1871: Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1871/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 1871, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1871/.

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[S. 1871: Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1871/)