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National SecurityH.R. 4071Comments

Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

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Where the Bill Stands

  1. Introduced, done
  2. Committee, done
  3. Floor Vote, done
  4. Outcome, current stage

What This Bill Does

This bill expands permitted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities in foreign countries and provides for tort claims against the United States for certain CBP operations in foreign countries.

The bill allows officers and agents of the Air and Marine Operations of CBP to provide specified support to the government of foreign countries. In particular, officers and agents may provide support for

  • monitoring, locating, and deterring the smuggling of illegal drugs, persons, or goods into the United States;
  • tracking terrorist or other threats to the United States;
  • emergency humanitarian efforts; and
  • law enforcement capacity-building efforts.

The bill also allows CBP to expend appropriated funds to pay claims for money damages made against the United States that arise in a foreign country in connection with CBP operations. This includes money damages for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by certain acts or omissions of an employee of the agency while acting within the scope of his or her office or employment. Under current law, acts occurring in foreign countries are excepted from the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Claims made under the bill must be made no more than two years after the date of the incident. The authority to expend funds for such damages expires five years after the date of enactment of the bill.

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Timeline

  1. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. House floor actionsMr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Passed the House
  4. House floor actionsReported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-323, Part I.
  5. House committee actionsSubcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged
  6. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  7. House floor actionsReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  8. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  9. Introduced
  10. Committee

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