DHS must report each year on stopping illegal tunnels.
S. 5427 — Subterranean Border Defense Act · Filed by Rick Scott (R-FL) · Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes the Department of Homeland Security report every year. A 2023 law told DHS to make a plan to stop tunnels. This bill adds a new rule: DHS must tell Congress how well the plan works each year.
Who it affects
The Department of Homeland Security must write and send the reports. Congress and the public can read the reports to see what the government does about border tunnels.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what must be in the reports or who gets to read them. Reports could be mostly hidden for safety reasons.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Department of Homeland Security — The federal agency that protects the country's borders and handles immigration.
- plan — A detailed map of how to reach a goal over time.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (355 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,163 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-26.
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