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substantiveNov 17, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — H R 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act

Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025

In plain language

- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025. - Official subject tags include aviation, congressional oversight, crime prevention, government buildings, health and industrial facilities, motor vehicles, waterways, public transit, and public-private cooperation. - The official summary says the Department of Homeland Security, with the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, would report to Congress on efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism, using automotive transportation to commit terrorism. - The report would assess current and emerging threats; review higher-risk places and events, including critical infrastructure such as airports and government facilities; describe coordination with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement on prevention; and recommend research and deployment of technologies to detect, deter, and mitigate vehicular terrorism. - DHS would submit a classified report and could include an unclassified executive summary posted on its website. - It would also brief Congress on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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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Roll-call breakdown

Yea400

Democrat: 207 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 192

Nay15

Republican: 15

Present0

Not Voting18

Democrat: 7 · Republican: 11

How each member voted (433)

Yea (400)

Nay (15)

Not Voting (18)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.