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HR 4071 · in committee · significant

Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill expands U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities in foreign countries to combat drug trafficking and human smuggling.
  • It affects CBP officers, foreign governments, and individuals who may be injured by CBP operations abroad.
  • The bill allows CBP to pay tort claims for injuries or deaths caused by its foreign operations for up to two years after an incident.

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    How should the United States balance CBP's authority to operate in foreign countries against respect for other nations' sovereignty and legal systems?

  2. 02

    Why does the bill limit tort claims for CBP-caused injuries to two years, and what happens to victims harmed after that deadline expires?

  3. 03

    What oversight mechanisms should exist to ensure CBP foreign operations comply with international law and don't harm innocent civilians?

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Michael Guest

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-20 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

  2. 2025-11-19 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-11-19 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4788)

  4. 2025-11-19 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4788)

  5. 2025-11-19 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4071.

  6. 2025-11-19 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4788-4789)

  7. 2025-11-19 · house · Floor

    Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-10-03 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 276.

  9. 2025-10-03 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

  10. 2025-10-03 · Committee

    Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

  11. 2025-10-03 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-323, Part I.

  12. 2025-10-03 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-323, Part I.

  13. 2025-06-25 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  14. 2025-06-25 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-06-25 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged

  16. 2025-06-23 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

  17. 2025-06-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

  18. 2025-06-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

  19. 2025-06-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  20. 2025-06-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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