# 119-hr-1861: Checkpoint Modernization Act

119-hr-1861, Checkpoint Modernization Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1861
- Congress: 119
- Title: Checkpoint Modernization Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Modernize Border Patrol checkpoints** to boost agent safety, strengthen detection of smuggling and contraband, and ease growing traffic at the southern border. The bill would authorize at least $150 million per year for fiscal years 2025–2028, with funding contingent on appropriations, and would rescind unobligated Environmental Protection Agency funds for environmental and climate justice block grants. - Law enforcement: Directs renovations that prioritize the safety and well-being of U.S. Border Patrol agents. - Border security operations: Targets upgrades to improve detection and deterrence of human smuggling, contraband, and other illicit goods. - Public and commercial traffic: Aims to reduce congestion and improve overall public safety for the increasing volume of traffic along the southern border. - Environmental justice grant recipients: Permanently removes unobligated balances for EPA environmental and climate justice block grants, which could reduce available grant funding for affected communities. - Congressional oversight: Requires a report to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee within 180 days and annually thereafter with cost estimates, status updates, and justifications for the checkpoint renovations.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More money for border checkpoints: benefit, high. The bill would authorize at least $150 million each year from 2025 to 2028 to renovate Border Patrol checkpoints. CBP would prioritize projects that improve agent safety, stop human smuggling and contraband, and cut traffic delays at the southern border. Funding would be subject to future appropria…
- Cancel unused EPA climate justice funds: cost, low. This bill would permanently cancel any EPA funds not yet obligated for environmental and climate justice block grants. States, local governments, and community groups could lose access to those leftover grants. The bill does not say how much money would be canceled.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5168: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1861 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1861)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-5168: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5168)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1861 (as of 2025-12-21).