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H.R. 495119th CongressImmigration
Subterranean Border Defense Act
Sponsored by Rep. Elijah Crane (R-AZ) · 8 active : 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 10, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSubterranean Border Defense Act
This bill requires recurring annual reporting by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the implementation of a strategic plan to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations. Currently, CBP is only required to report once no later than one year after the plan's development.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReferred to
- Border Security and Enforcement · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Government information and archives
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
8 activeShow all 8 cosponsors
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
- Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9)
- Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
