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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the deployment and assistance of CBP relating to investigations of certain violent acts, shootings, and mass killings, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act to authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy and assist in responding to violent acts, shootings, and mass killings. It adds CBP to the existing authority that previously applied only to the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill expands the scope of activities CBP can undertake from solely investigations to also include threat response, threat mitigation, and threat resolution related to such violent incidents. This allows CBP to play an expanded role beyond border security in assisting with domestic violent crime response operations.
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- Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 15, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2026
Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the deployment and assistance of CBP relating to investigations of certain violent acts, shootings, and mass killings, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Homeland Threat Response Act”.
SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE OF CBP RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN VIOLENT ACTS, SHOOTINGS, AND MASS KILLINGS.
Paragraph (1) of section 875(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 455(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking “or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement” and inserting “, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or U.S. Customs and Border Protection”; and
(2) inserting “response, threat mitigation, resolution, and” before “investigation”. <all>
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