Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025
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1Short title
This section states that the Act may be called the "Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025 .
2Enhancing the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in foreign countries
This section would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add a new paragraph about U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities in foreign countries, renumbering the current paragraph (4) of section 411(f) as paragraph (5) to make room for it. Under the new paragraph, CBP employees who have been designated with the same authorities as Air and Marine Operations officers and agents could provide certain kinds of support to the government of a foreign country, including by conducting joint operations with that government's officials inside that country's territory, but only if the United States government and that foreign government have first entered into an arrangement permitting such support. The support that could be provided is: monitoring, locating, tracking, and deterring illegal drugs headed to the United States, the illicit smuggling of people and goods into the United States, terrorist threats to the United States, and other threats to the security or economy of the United States; emergency humanitarian efforts; and law enforcement capacity-building efforts. "Emergency humanitarian efforts" would mean CBP activities involving search and rescue, medical assistance, air traffic control assistance, and the transport needed to carry out those activities. The section would also let the Secretary of Homeland Security spend funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department's operating expenses to pay claims for money damages against the United States, following the claims process in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the United States Code, when the claims arise in a foreign country in connection with CBP operations there. A claim could be paid only if it is presented no later than two years after the date of the incident that caused it. This authority to pay such foreign claims would expire five years after the date this new paragraph is enacted. Within 90 days after that five-year authority expires, the Secretary would have to submit to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs a report that, for each payment made under this authority, identifies the person or entity paid, states the amount paid, states the country where that person or entity resides or has its main place of business, and gives a detailed account of the circumstances justifying the payment.
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2. Enhancing the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in foreign countries Section 411(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 211(f) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) Permissible activities (A) In general Employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection designated with the authorities granted to officers and agents of Air and Marine Operations may provide the support described in subparagraph (B) to the government of a foreign country, including by conducting joint operations with appropriate government officials within the territory of such country, if an arrangement has been entered into between the Government of the United States and the government of such country that permits such support. (B) Support described (i) In general The support described in this subparagraph is support for the following: (I) The monitoring, locating, tracking, and deterrence of the following: (aa) Illegal drugs to the United States. (bb) The illicit smuggling of persons and goods into the United States. (cc) Terrorist threats to the United States. (dd) Other threats to the security or economy of the United States. (II) Emergency humanitarian efforts. (III) Law enforcement capacity-building efforts. (ii) Definition In this subparagraph, the term emergency humanitarian efforts means activities carried out by U.S. Customs and Border Protection pertaining to search and rescue activities, medical assistance, air traffic control assistance, and transport necessary to accomplish such purposes. (C) Payment of claims (i) In general Subject to clauses (ii) and (iv), the Secretary may expend funds that have been appropriated or otherwise made available for the operating expenses of the Department to pay claims for money damages against the United States, in accordance with the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, which arise in a foreign country in connection with U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations in such country. (ii) Submission deadline A claim may be allowed under clause (i) only if such claim is presented not later than two years after the date of the incident that gives rise to such claim. (iii) Report Not later than 90 days after the date on which the expenditure authority under clause (i) expires pursuant to clause (iv), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that describes, for each of the payments made pursuant to such clause (i), the following: (I) The person or entity that received such payment. (II) The amount paid to such person or entity. (III) The country in which such person or entity resides or has its principal place of business. (IV) A detailed account of the circumstances to justify such payment. (iv) Sunset The expenditure authority under clause (i) shall expire on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph. .
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