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H.R. 1608 (119th): Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025

Department 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 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.

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Directs DHS, in coordination with TSA and CISA, to report to Congress on efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism. The report must assess current and emerging threats, review higher-risk locations and events including critical infrastructure, describe coordination with law enforcement at all levels, and recommend technologies to detect, deter, and mitigate such attacks. The report is classified, with an unclassified executive summary to be published online, and DHS must brief Congress on its findings.

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Theological note: Civil authority bears the duty to restrain violence against the public (Romans 13:4), and protecting people from deliberate attacks falls within general equity. The measure concerns the restraint of a named harm, terrorism, through reporting and preparedness, and it does not itself fund, authorize, or direct any killing.

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Roll 286 · 17-Nov-2025 6:56 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

Yea 400 · Nay 15 · Other 18

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