Subterranean Border Defense Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5427 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5427

 To require annual reports on the implementation of the strategic plan 
           to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2026

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require annual reports on the implementation of the strategic plan 
           to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Subterranean Border Defense Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON COUNTER ILLICIT CROSS-BORDER TUNNEL 
              OPERATIONS.

    Section 7134(a)(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 6 U.S.C. 
257 note) is amended by inserting ``and annually thereafter,'' after 
``strategic plan,''.
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