House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act
Official title: To require a homeland security border threat assessment on Tren de Aragua and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Knott R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4070.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4070, Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act” on July 21, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2025 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61559
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4070, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-313 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 26, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4070, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KNOTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 107, June 23, 2025, Page H2889):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2025 ↗
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- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Russell Fry (R-SC), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Tim Moore (R-NC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Gary Palmer (R-AL), August Pfluger (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Dale Strong (R-AL), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and 1 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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