Sponsor

Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28](D-TX-28)

Summary

LPOE Modernization Trust Fund Act

This bill establishes the Land Port of Entry Modernization Trust Fund and addresses other issues related to U.S. ports of entry.

The bill transfers specified amounts, including a portion of certain collected customs fees, to the trust fund each year. It also requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State to collect certain surcharges related to immigration and land border inspections, with a portion of the surcharges to be deposited into the trust fund. DHS may not seek to increase fees to offset the amounts transferred into the trust fund.

The amounts in the trust fund may be used without further appropriation to (1) construct new ports of entry, (2) expand and improve existing ports of entry, (3) procure technology for inspecting and processing traffic passing through ports of entry, and (4) hiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff. In order to use the trust fund, DHS must annually report to Congress certain information about the trust fund.

DHS must also establish the Border Port of Entry Modernization Oversight Board to advise DHS on how to use the trust fund and to review the trust fund's expenditures.

Subjects

Advisory bodiesBorder security and unlawful immigrationComputers and information technologyCustoms enforcementEmployee hiringGovernment trust fundsInfrastructure developmentLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMarine and inland water transportationNavigation, waterways, harborsUser charges and fees

Actions (9)

Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Jul 1, 2021House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

May 10, 2021House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

May 8, 2021House committee actions

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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.

May 7, 2021House floor actions

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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.

May 7, 2021House floor actions

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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.

May 7, 2021House floor actions

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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.

May 7, 2021House floor actions

Introduced in House

May 7, 2021Library of Congress

Introduced in House

May 7, 2021Library of Congress