House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FASTER Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a biennial survey of tactical infrastructure along the southern border, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4679.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4679, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5545c85786d44efd89a0d3368547c412297bbf618226c2e1dd2790eac0cf33f4
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson.
- H.R. 165 (119th) Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
- H.R. 4503 (119th) ePermit Act
- H.R. 4183 (119th) Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 2130 (119th) Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025
- H.R. 9785 (119th) South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act
- H.J.Res. 28 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.