H.R. 1608 · Passed House · Transportation and Public Works

Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025

What it does

Directs DHS to report to Congress on its efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism, in coordination with the TSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Requires the report to assess current and emerging threats and review higher-risk locations and events, including critical infrastructure such as airports and government facilities.
Requires a description of DHS coordination with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, and recommendations on technologies to detect, deter, and mitigate attacks.
Allows the report to be classified with an unclassified executive summary that DHS must publish on its website, and requires a briefing to Congress.

Official summary

Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a report to Congress on the department's efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism (i.e., an action that utilizes automotive transportation to commit terrorism). DHS must submit the report in coordination with the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Among other things, the report on vehicular terrorism must include an assessment of the current and emerging threats; a review of higher-risk locations and events that may be vulnerable, including critical infrastructure sites (e.g., airports and government facilities); a description of DHS’s coordination efforts with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies related to prevention; and recommendations for the research, development, and deployment of technologies to detect, deter, and mitigate vehicular terrorism. DHS must submit a classified report to Congress, but may include an unclassified executive summary. DHS must publish the executive summary on the department's…

Latest action

Nov 18, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs