LPOE Modernization Trust Fund Act

Sponsored byRep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]TX· Introduced 13 February 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

13 February 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 4 March 2026

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.

Subject to appropriations, the amounts in the trust fund may be used 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.

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

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7 actions

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
13 February 2025 · Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
13 February 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

4 cosponsors

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

Cosponsors

Democrat375%
Republican125%

Democrat:Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]TX
Republican:Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]TX
Democrat:Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]NM
Democrat:Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]TX

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Immigration

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