Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025
Where it stands
- Introduced2/26/25
- Passed HousePassed 11/17/25
- Senate
- President
- Law
Passed the House 400–15 on November 17, 2025 (Roll Call 286 →). Received in the Senate on November 18, 2025. No Senate action since.
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Roll calls on this bill
- Democratic207 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
- Republican193 Yea · 15 Nay · 11 Not voting
- Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
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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2/26/25
What happens next
The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.
If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.
All actions (19)
- 2/26/25Introduced in House
- 2/26/25Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2/26/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
- 2/26/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
- 4/9/25Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Discharged
- 4/9/25Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Discharged
- 4/9/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 4/9/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 8/8/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-222.
- 8/8/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 180.
- 11/17/25Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 11/17/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4681-4682)
- 11/17/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1608.
- 11/17/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 11/17/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4691-4692)
- 11/17/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 15 (Roll no. 286). (text: CR H4681-4682)
- 11/17/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 15 (Roll no. 286). (text: CR H4681-4682)
- 11/17/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 11/18/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.