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H.R. 1608119th CongressTransportation and Public Works
Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
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 Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedNov 17, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govDepartment of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a report to Congress on the department's efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism (i.e., an action that utilizes automotive transportation to commit terrorism). DHS must submit the report in coordination with the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Among other things, the report on vehicular terrorism must include
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an assessment of the current and emerging threats;
a review of higher-risk locations and events that may be vulnerable, including critical infrastructure sites (e.g., airports and government facilities);
a description of DHS’s coordination efforts with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies related to prevention; and
recommendations for the research, development, and deployment of technologies to detect, deter, and mitigate vehicular terrorism.
DHS must submit a classified report to Congress, but may include an unclassified executive summary. DHS must publish the executive summary on the department's website.
In addition, DHS must brief Congress on the report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed400 yea, 15 nayNovember 17, 2025 · Roll call 286
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 34 | 4 | 12% |
| Middle | 181 | 9 | 5% |
| Entrenched | 124 | 1 | 1% |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Counterterrorism and Intelligence · HouseReferred to
- Transportation and Maritime Security · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Aviation and airports
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Health facilities and institutions
- Industrial facilities
- Motor vehicles
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 77Middle 30–70
- 15Entrenched 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-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . 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
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)
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.
