The CATCH Fentanyl Act establishes a five-year pilot program requiring the Department of Homeland Security to test new technologies at U.S. land border ports of entry to improve cargo and vehicle inspections for detecting drugs, weapons, contraband, and human smuggling. The program will test at least five types of advanced inspection technology enhancements, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum sensing, with participation from private sector technology providers. The pilot will be evaluated based on detection accuracy, inspection speed, cost-effectiveness, and ability to reduce wait times at border crossings. The bill requires the Department to submit reports three years into the program and again after it ends, including detailed analysis of which technologies work best and recommendations for deploying successful ones government-wide, along with a comprehensive assessment of privacy and civil liberties impacts. The legislation does not authorize any new federal funding, requiring the pilot to operate within existing budget resources.
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