To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy… — House Roll Call 65

Passed in the House on March 10, 2025 · 406 Yea, 9 Nay, 17 Not Voting

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 993 Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

In plain English: This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a plan for using new technologies, like AI and advanced sensors, to improve border security. It also allows for special teams to research and adapt commercial technologies for this purpose.

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 simula…

Vote Breakdown by Party

• Republican: 208 Yea, 2 Nay, 7 not voting/present.
• Democrat: 197 Yea, 7 Nay, 10 not voting/present.
• Independent: 1 Yea, 0 Nay.

Members Who Voted Against Their Party

• Gregorio Casar (D-TX) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Maxine Dexter (D-OR) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Summer Lee (D-PA) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Ilhan Omar (D-MN) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Delia Ramirez (D-IL) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) voted Nay while most Democrats voted Yea.
• Ralph Norman (R-SC) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
• Chip Roy (R-TX) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.

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