Ensuring timely updates to U.S. Customs and Border Protection field manuals
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Title
6 — Domestic Security
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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(a) In generalNot 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 requirementShortly 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 and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that summarizes the policy and manual changes implemented by such update.
(Pub. L. 118–43, § 2, Mar. 18, 2024, 138 Stat. 453.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of life Act, also known as the END FENTANYL Act, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.
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