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S. 301 119th Congress Senate

Border Security is National Security Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the appropriation of $10,000,000,000 to the Department of Defense for military support to secure the borders of the United States.

Introduced: January 29, 2025 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airportsBorder security and unlawful immigrationDepartment of DefenseExecutive agency funding and structure
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Jan 29, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Border Security is National Security Act

This bill authorizes appropriations through FY2028 for the Department of Defense to provide border security support to the Department of Homeland Security.

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 Lobbying activity 7

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 301: Border Security is National Security Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-301/
MLA
"S. 301: Border Security is National Security Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-301/.
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S. 301, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-301/.
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[S. 301: Border Security is National Security Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-301/)
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