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To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide authority to adjust the rate of merchandise processing fees to offset the capital costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use merchandise processing fees (import fees collected at ports) to fund capital costs such as equipment upgrades and facilities construction at sea ports of entry, in addition to their current use for salaries and expenses. The bill takes effect 180 days after enactment and directs the Treasury Secretary and CBP Commissioner to work jointly to set appropriate fee levels to adequately fund these capital projects. The bill also prohibits sea ports of entry from being required to provide administrative, training, or recreational facilities for CBP, and requires CBP to submit annual reports to Congress detailing merchandise processing fee collections and how proceeds are directed to inspection facilities. The intent is to enable CBP to fund necessary infrastructure improvements at ports through fee adjustments rather than separate appropriations.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Laurel M. Lee’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $87,600
- HOSPITALITY SOUTH $13,200
- ICI HOMES $13,200
- WEATHERFORD CAPITAL $13,200
- ASHLEY FURNITURE $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jul 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2025
Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself, Ms. Perez, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide authority to adjust the rate of merchandise processing fees to offset the capital costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “CBP SPACE Act”.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ADJUST THE RATE OF MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES TO OFFSET THE CAPITAL COSTS INCURRED BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION; MODIFICATION TO DISPOSITION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.
(a) In General.—Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(9)(B)(i), by striking “salaries and expenses” and inserting “salaries, expenses, and capital costs”; and
(2) in subsection (f)(3)(A)(i)—
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking “, and” at the end;
(B) in subclause (V), by striking the comma at the end and inserting “, and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(VI) paying capital costs associated with passenger inspection services,”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection should work jointly to set an appropriate level for merchandise processing fees charged and collected under 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c), as amended by subsection (a), such that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is able to adequately fund equipment upgrades and facilities construction, improvement, and maintenance at United States sea ports of entry.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OR MAINTENANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE, TRAINING, OR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT SEA PORTS OF ENTRY FOR U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.
(a) In General.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may not request or otherwise require a sea port of entry to provide or maintain administrative, training, or recreational facilities at the port of entry for purposes of facilitating inspection services of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or otherwise affect the authority contained in section 482 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 301a).
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF PROCEEDS OF MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE.
(a) In General.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report—
(1) specifying the amount of proceeds from the merchandise processing fee collected under section 13031(a)(9) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended by section 1, during the year preceding submission of the report;
(2) specifying the amount of such proceeds directed to inspection facilities at sea ports of entry; and
(3) describing the outstanding capital needs of such inspection facilities.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. <all>
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