What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals used by the Office of Field Operations. The reviews must focus on inspections at ports of entry (places where people and goods cross the border) to keep up with new methods criminals use to hide illegal activities like drug and human smuggling.
Who It Affects
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency and its Commissioner are directly responsible for carrying out this requirement.
Key Provisions
• The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection must review and update field operation policies and manuals at least once every three years (not less frequently than triennially means not skipping more than three years between reviews) to respond to new technological and methodological changes designed to hide illegal activity such as drug and human smuggling (Sec. 2(a))
• After each update, the Commissioner must submit a report to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Homeland Security that explains what policy and manual changes were made (Sec. 2(b))
What Changes
The bill establishes a legal requirement for regular review and updating of inspection policies and manuals, with mandatory reporting to Congress following each update.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
138 STAT. 453
PUBLIC LAW 118–43—MAR. 18, 2024
Public Law 118–43
118th Congress
An Act
To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly
review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eradicating Narcotic Drugs
and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly
Losses of life Act’’ or the ‘‘END FENTANYL Act’’.
SEC. 2. ENSURING TIMELY UPDATES TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION FIELD MANUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than triennially, the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall review
and update, as necessary, the current policies and manuals of
the Office of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of
entry to ensure the uniform implementation of inspection practices
that will effectively respond to technological and methodological
changes designed to disguise illegal activity, such as the smuggling
of drugs and humans, along the border.
(b) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Shortly after each update
required under subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
Summary.
Deadline.
Review.
19 USC 1583a
note.
19 USC 1583a
note.
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Narcotic Drugs
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National Yearly
Losses of life Act.
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138 STAT. 454
PUBLIC LAW 118–43—MAR. 18, 2024
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 206:
SENATE REPORTS: No. 118–16 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 169 (2023): June 22, considered and passed Senate.
Vol. 170 (2024): Mar. 5, 7, considered and passed House.
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and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives that summarizes the policy and manual changes imple-
mented by such update.
Approved March 18, 2024.
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