This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to publish data about border encounters on its public website by the seventh day of each month, covering encounters from the previous month. The legislation applies to the Department of Homeland Security and affects the transparency of border crossing information available to the public. If CBP fails to meet this monthly publication deadline, the bill imposes a financial penalty by reducing the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security's budget for salaries and expenses by 25 percent for the following month. The bill essentially creates a mechanism to enforce timely data release through budget cuts, incentivizing the agency to consistently meet the publication requirement.
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