HR 495
Passed a chamber
Requires the strategic plan on counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations to be updated every year after its initial development.
Official title: Subterranean Border Defense Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
16-JAN-2025
Referred
16-JAN-2025
Passed
10-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
11-MAR-2025
- Amends paragraph (2) of section 7134(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
- Adds the words "and annually thereafter" after "development of the strategic plan," so the plan is updated each year.
- Is cited as the Subterranean Border Defense Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (16-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 10-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Immigration
■ 6 R■ 2 D
6 Republicans
2 Democrats