US HB1678 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 27 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement within the Department of Homeland Security, to provide independent oversight of border security activities, to improve training for agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.
Title
Homeland Security Improvement Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB3997 (Related) 2026-03-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1678/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1678/BILLS-119hr1678ih.pdf |
