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Yes: 400 • No: 15
119-hr-1608119th Congress
Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
Passed House
Summary
Vehicular terrorism prevention is the main goal. This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to deliver a report within 180 days assessing threats, vulnerable locations, and potential countermeasures for attacks that use vehicles, including risks tied to connected, autonomous, and Advanced Driver Assistance System equipped vehicles.
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- Families and the public: Receive an unclassified executive summary posted online and public awareness guidance to help spot and report suspicious vehicle behavior at crowded places and events.
- Law enforcement and first responders: Get recommended guidance, joint exercises, and specialized training on rapid vehicle containment, traffic control, and incident response to vehicle-based attacks.
- Private sector and transportation firms: Will be engaged to develop best practices and protocols across rental companies, ride-sharing platforms, automakers, freight operators, and vendors of connected vehicle technologies.
- State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments: Get a mapped review of higher-risk sites like airports, power plants, hospitals, parks, and guidance on placing barriers, bollards, geofencing, and surveillance.
- Privacy and civil liberties stakeholders: Are required participants in evaluating countermeasures to help ensure recommended technologies and protocols respect individual rights.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
FL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
TN • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 11/17/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 400 • No: 15