Integrated Cross-Border Law Enforcement Operations Expansion Act
This bill expands U.S. law enforcement cooperation with Canada by creating new legal mechanisms for joint cross-border operations. It allows U.S. agencies to grant foreign officers (like Canadian customs agents) the same legal privileges during joint work, cover liability claims arising from overseas operations, and formally station U.S. and Canadian officers in each other's countries for border security. The law directly affects U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security, and Canadian law enforcement through these expanded partnership tools. It modifies existing laws (Tariff Act, Homeland Security Act) to streamline international collaboration without changing border policies.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 19, 2025
Last action Sep 22, 2025
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Committee
2
Sep 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
lower
Sep 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
lower
Sep 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nicholas A. Langworthy
RRepublican
Co
Anna Paulina Luna
RRepublican
Co
Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
Co
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
Elise M. Stefanik
RRepublican
Co
Glenn Grothman
RRepublican
Co
Jefferson Van Drew
RRepublican
Co
Mark Alford
RRepublican
Co
Michael K. Simpson
RRepublican
Co
Michael Lawler
RRepublican
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