House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act of 2025
Official title: To increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and support staff and to require reports that identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at ports of entry.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Kennedy D-NYWhere 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. 4683.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):Article I, 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. 4683, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Kennedy.
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Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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