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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1138
5	5	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance capabilities for
6	6	outbound inspections at the southern land border, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH26, 2025
9	9	Ms. H
10	10	ASSAN(for herself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
12	12	rity and Governmental Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance
15	15	capabilities for outbound inspections at the southern land
16	16	border, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing South-4
21	21	bound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
23	23	In this Act: 7
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27	27	(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
28	28	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
29	29	mittees’’ means— 3
30	30	(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 4
31	31	the Senate; 5
32	32	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 6
33	33	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 7
34	34	(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 8
35	35	Senate; 9
36	36	(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 10
37	37	the House of Representatives; 11
38	38	(E) the Committee on Homeland Security 12
39	39	of the House of Representatives; and 13
40	40	(F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 14
41	41	House of Representatives. 15
42	42	(2) S
43	43	OUTHERN BORDER .—The term ‘‘Southern 16
44	44	Border’’ means the international land border be-17
45	45	tween the United States and Mexico. 18
46	46	SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION EQUIPMENT AND INFRA-19
47	47	STRUCTURE. 20
48	48	(a) I
49	49	MAGINGSYSTEMS.—The Commissioner of U.S. 21
50	50	Customs and Border Protection is authorized— 22
51	51	(1) to purchase up to 50 additional non-intru-23
52	52	sive imaging systems; and 24
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56	56	(2) to procure additional associated supporting 1
57	57	infrastructure. 2
58	58	(b) D
59	59	EPLOYMENT.—The systems and infrastructure 3
60	60	purchased or otherwise procured pursuant to subsection 4
61	61	(a) shall be deployed along the Southern Border for the 5
62	62	primary purpose of inspecting any persons, conveyances, 6
63	63	or modes of transportation traveling from the United 7
64	64	States to Mexico. 8
65	65	(c) A
66	66	LTERNATIVEEQUIPMENT.—The Commissioner 9
67	67	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is authorized to 10
68	68	procure additional infrastructure or alternative inspection 11
69	69	equipment that the Commissioner deems necessary for the 12
70	70	purpose of inspecting any persons, conveyances, or modes 13
71	71	of transportation traveling from the United States to Mex-14
72	72	ico. 15
73	73	(d) S
74	74	UNSET.—Subsections (a) and (c) shall cease to 16
75	75	have force and effect beginning on the date that is 5 years 17
76	76	after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18
77	77	SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGA-19
78	78	TIONS PERSONNEL FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF 20
79	79	SOUTHBOUND SMUGGLING. 21
80	80	(a) HSI S
81	81	PECIALAGENTS.—The Director of U.S. 22
82	82	Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall hire, train, 23
83	83	and assign— 24
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87	87	(1) not fewer than 100 new Homeland Security 1
88	88	Investigations special agents to primarily assist with 2
89	89	investigations involving the smuggling of currency 3
90	90	and firearms from the United States to Mexico; and 4
91	91	(2) not fewer than 100 new Homeland Security 5
92	92	Investigations special agents to assist with investiga-6
93	93	tions involving the smuggling of contraband, human 7
94	94	trafficking and smuggling (including that of chil-8
95	95	dren), drug smuggling, and unauthorized entry into 9
96	96	the United States from Mexico. 10
97	97	(b) S
98	98	UPPORTSTAFF.—The Director is authorized to 11
99	99	hire, train, and assign such additional support staff as 12
100	100	may be necessary to support the functions carried out by 13
101	101	the special agents hired pursuant to subsection (a). 14
102	102	SEC. 5. REPORT. 15
103	103	(a) I
104	104	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 16
105	105	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-17
106	106	land Security shall submit a report to the appropriate con-18
107	107	gressional committees that— 19
108	108	(1) identifies the resources provided, including 20
109	109	equipment, personnel, and infrastructure, and the 21
110	110	annual budget to carry out outbound and inbound 22
111	111	inspections, including, to the extent practicable, re-23
112	112	sources specifically used for inspections of any indi-24
113	113	viduals and modes of transportation— 25
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117	117	(A) from the United States to Mexico or to 1
118	118	Canada; and 2
119	119	(B) from Mexico or Canada into the 3
120	120	United States; 4
121	121	(2) describes the operational cadence of all out-5
122	122	bound and inbound inspections of individuals and 6
123	123	conveyances traveling from the United States to 7
124	124	Mexico or to Canada and from Mexico or Canada 8
125	125	into the United States, described as a percentage of 9
126	126	total encounters or as the total number of inspec-10
127	127	tions conducted; 11
128	128	(3) describes any plans that would allow for the 12
129	129	use of alternative inspection sites near a port of 13
130	130	entry; 14
131	131	(4) includes an estimate of— 15
132	132	(A) the number of vehicles and convey-16
133	133	ances that can be inspected with up to 50 addi-17
134	134	tional non-intrusive imaging systems dedicated 18
135	135	to southbound inspections; and 19
136	136	(B) the number of vehicles and convey-20
137	137	ances that can be inspected with up to 50 addi-21
138	138	tional non-intrusive imaging systems that may 22
139	139	be additionally dedicated to inbound inspections 23
140	140	along the southwest border; and 24
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144	144	(5) assesses the capability of inbound inspec-1
145	145	tions by authorities of the Government of Mexico, in 2
146	146	cooperation with United States law enforcement 3
147	147	agencies, to detect and interdict the flow of illicit 4
148	148	weapons and currency being smuggled— 5
149	149	(A) from the United States to Mexico; and 6
150	150	(B) from Mexico into the United States. 7
151	151	(b) C
152	152	LASSIFICATION.—The report submitted pursu-8
153	153	ant to subsection (a), or any part of such report, may be 9
154	154	classified or provided with other appropriate safeguards 10
155	155	to prevent public dissemination. 11
156	156	SEC. 6. MINIMUM MANDATORY SOUTHBOUND INSPECTION 12
157	157	REQUIREMENT. 13
158	158	(a) R
159	159	EQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 30, 2027, 14
160	160	the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure, to the 15
161	161	extent practicable, that not fewer than 10 percent of all 16
162	162	conveyances and other modes of transportation traveling 17
163	163	from the United States to Mexico are inspected before 18
164	164	leaving the United States. 19
165	165	(b) A
166	166	UTHORIZEDINSPECTIONACTIVITIES.—Inspec-20
167	167	tions required under subsection (a) may include non-intru-21
168	168	sive imaging, physical inspections by officers or canine 22
169	169	units, or other means authorized by the Secretary of 23
170	170	Homeland Security. 24
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174	174	(c) REPORT ONADDITIONALINSPECTIONSCAPABILI-1
175	175	TIES.—Not later than March 30, 2028, the Secretary of 2
176	176	Homeland Security shall submit a report to the appro-3
177	177	priate congressional committees that assesses the Depart-4
178	178	ment of Homeland Security’s timeline and resource re-5
179	179	quirements for increasing inspection rates to 15 and 20 6
180	180	percent, respectively, of all conveyances and modes of 7
181	181	transportation traveling from the United States to Mexico. 8
182	182	SEC. 7. CURRENCY AND FIREARMS SEIZURES QUARTERLY 9
183	183	REPORT. 10
184	184	(a) I
185	185	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 11
186	186	date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days there-12
187	187	after until the date that is 4 years after such date of en-13
188	188	actment, the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border 14
189	189	Protection shall submit a report to the appropriate con-15
190	190	gressional committees that describes the seizure of cur-16
191	191	rency, firearms, and ammunition attempted to be traf-17
192	192	ficked out of the United States. 18
193	193	(b) C
194	194	ONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursuant to 19
195	195	subsection (a) shall include, for the most recent 90-day 20
196	196	period for which such information is available— 21
197	197	(1) the total number of currency seizures that 22
198	198	occurred from outbound inspections at United States 23
199	199	ports of entry; 24
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203	203	(2) the total dollar amount associated with the 1
204	204	currency seizures referred to in paragraph (1); 2
205	205	(3) the total number of firearms seized from 3
206	206	outbound inspections at United States ports of 4
207	207	entry; 5
208	208	(4) the total number of ammunition rounds 6
209	209	seized from outbound inspections at United States 7
210	210	ports of entry; and 8
211	211	(5) the total number of incidents of firearm sei-9
212	212	zures and ammunition seizures that occurred at 10
213	213	United States ports of entry. 11
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