Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Key Provisions

• Requires the Department of Homeland Security to create a plan for using new technologies to improve border security within 180 days of the bill becoming law.
• Lets U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) keep teams that research and test new commercial technologies for border security.
• Requires these CBP innovation teams to set up clear rules for how they operate and specific goals for their work.
• Requires the plan to assess how new border security technology could affect the privacy and security of people in border communities.
• Requires CBP to send annual reports to Congress about the new technologies its innovation teams are testing and their progress.