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HR 275 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2025

In plain language: The Department of Homeland Security would be required to publish monthly public reports on noncitizens encountered by immigration officials who are flagged as potential national security risks due to their travel patterns. Each report must detail where these individuals were stopped—such as at official border checkpoints, between ports of entry, or inside the country—as well as their home countries, highlighting those from designated adversary nations like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The first monthly release would also provide retrospective encounter data covering the period from January 20, 2021, through January 19, 2025.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill imposes a data collection and reporting requirement on DHS rather than directly granting rights, benefits, or penalties to a specified number of individuals.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill establishes an administrative reporting mandate without authorizing or appropriating specific funds.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Congressional homeland security committeesThe House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs receive regular monthly reports and historical data on encounters with special interest aliens to assist in their oversight.provisional
  • The publicMembers of the public gain access to monthly data published on a public DHS webpage detailing encounters with noncitizens who potentially pose national security risks, including geographic regions and country classifications.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of Homeland SecurityThe Department is required to compile and publish a monthly report on a public webpage, as well as deliver it to congressional committees, detailing special interest alien encounters, nationalities, and locations, including compiling retroactive data from January 20, 2021, to January 19, 2025.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Department of Homeland Security to publish a monthly public online report and submit it to Congress detailing encounters with noncitizens who potentially pose a national security risk based on travel patterns, including their total numbers, nationalities, geographic regions, encounter locations (such as ports of entry, between ports, or inside the country), and whether they come from designated adversary nations.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Requires the agency's first monthly report to also include the same encounter data retroactively for the period from January 20, 2021, through January 19, 2025.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jun 27, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Jun 26, 2025CORRECTION TO ENGROSSMENT - Ms. Greene (GA) asked unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 275, the Clerk be directed to make corrections, which were placed at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jun 26, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Jun 26, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 182 (Roll no. 184). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2989)
  5. Jun 26, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 182 (Roll no. 184). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2989)
  6. Jun 23, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 530 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, H.R. 875 and H. Res. 516. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3944 under a structured rule and H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H.Res. 516 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, and H.R. 875.
  7. Jun 17, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-163.
  8. Jun 17, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-163.
  9. Apr 9, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 12.
  10. Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
  11. Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House

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