Lead an effort in Congress to secure the border.

Bean led a group to finally secure our border.

Bean said he hoped to be remembered for leading a congressional effort to secure the border.

Florida’s 4th Congressional District
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H.R.2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, was sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, had the status Passed House, and passed the House on May 11, 2023 by 219-213. CRS summary says the bill required border-security actions including U.S.-Mexico border wall construction, CBP technology, drones, Border Patrol planning, restrictions on parole, and E-Verify changes.

A major House border-security bill advanced during Bean's first House term but did not become law in the 118th Congress; it was not sponsored by Bean.

partial same_term

Congress.gov: H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023
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Roll Call 209 was on passage of H.R.2, the Secure the Border Act. The status was Passed, 219 yeas to 213 nays. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, as Yea.

Bean voted for the House-passed Secure the Border Act in the same congressional term after his 2022 election, showing concrete support for a border-security effort.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 209, H.R.2 Secure the Border Act
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The H.R.2 cosponsors page lists Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart as sponsor and 21 current cosponsors, including original cosponsors such as Reps. McClintock, Green, Jordan, Higgins, Biggs, Carter, Calvert, and Moran; Bean is not listed among the cosponsors.

The key same-term border bill was not led by Bean as sponsor or cosponsor, which weakens the 'lead an effort' portion of the promise.

never same_term

Congress.gov: Cosponsors for H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023
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S.5, the Laken Riley Act, became Public Law No. 119-1 on January 29, 2025. Congress.gov records Senate passage, House passage on January 22, 2025 by 263-156, presentation to the President, and enactment. CRS summary says it requires DHS to detain certain unlawfully present or undocumented non-U.S. nationals arrested for theft-related crimes and authorizes states to sue over certain immigration-enforcement failures.

A later-term immigration-enforcement law was enacted, partially related to border/security enforcement, but it was Senate-sponsored and narrower than broadly securing the border.

partial later_term

Congress.gov: S.5 - Laken Riley Act
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Roll Call 23 was on passage of S.5, the Laken Riley Act. The status was Passed, 263 yeas to 156 nays. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, as Yea.

Bean voted for the enacted Laken Riley Act in the 119th Congress, showing later-term concrete action on immigration enforcement but not leadership of the bill.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 23, S.5 Laken Riley Act
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The House version of the Laken Riley Act, H.R.29, was sponsored by Rep. Mike Collins and had 54 current cosponsors, including 39 original cosponsors. The cosponsor list includes two Florida members but does not list Rep. Aaron Bean.

Even on the House companion to the later enacted Laken Riley Act, Bean was not a sponsor or cosponsor, so the record supports participation by vote rather than leading the effort.

never later_term

Congress.gov: Cosponsors for H.R.29 - Laken Riley Act
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