HR 275
Passed a chamber
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to publish a monthly count of special interest aliens it encounters trying to enter the United States unlawfully, with the first report also covering January 20, 2021 through January 19, 2025.
Official title: Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
09-JAN-2025
Referred
09-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Reported
17-JUN-2025
On the calendar
17-JUN-2025
Passed
26-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
27-JUN-2025
- Requires publication by the seventh day of each month on a public DHS webpage, and submission to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Each report gives the total number of encounters and the nationalities or countries of last habitual residence involved.
- Breaks down each report by geographic region and by whether encounters occurred at ports of entry, between ports of entry, or in the interior.
- Identifies any nationalities or countries that are covered nations under section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
- Defines a special interest alien as one who, based on travel pattern analysis, potentially poses a national security risk to the United States or its interests.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (09-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 26-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee
- Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Immigration
■ 6 R
6 Republicans