FASTER Act
Sponsored By: Representative Johnson (SD)
Introduced
Summary
Biennial surveys and waiver authority for southern border tactical infrastructure. This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to survey tactical infrastructure along the southern border and report identified deficiencies so they can be corrected quickly.
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- Border operations would get a regular inventory of gaps. The survey would measure miles without tactical infrastructure and describe structural and technology shortfalls every 2 years.
- Congress would receive unclassified reports, with an option for a classified annex, within 90 days after each survey. Reports go to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- The Secretary would be able to use existing authority under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to waive all legal requirements to expedite repairs or fixes when a survey finds infrastructure or technology is not operational or is damaged, deteriorated, or unmet for maintenance.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Regular border surveys to fix problems
The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to survey tactical infrastructure on the southern border within 180 days, and then every two years. Each survey would count miles without infrastructure and list damaged or failing structures and technology. Within 90 days after each survey, the Department would send an unclassified report to House and Senate homeland security committees, with an optional classified annex. If the Department finds a deficiency, it could waive legal requirements and make fast repairs. A deficiency would mean the infrastructure or technology is not working, or cannot do its job due to damage, deterioration, or unmet maintenance.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 7/25/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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