Customs and Border Protection
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection was established on March 1, 2003 in the Directorate for Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security.
- Civilian staff, August 2026
- 70,843
- +5.3% in a year
- Rule open for comment
- 1
- Next closes Dec 1
- Rules made final this year
- 11
- 7 proposed
- Organizations that lobbied it
- 439
- 2019 to 2026
What it is deciding now
11 rules made final and 7 proposed this year. Anyone can comment on a proposal until its period closes.
- Dec1Heightened Import Disclosures for Supply Chain VisibilityComments close · USCBP
Open for comment
Closing soonest first.
- Heightened Import Disclosures for Supply Chain VisibilityCloses in 29 days
Where its power comes from
An agency can act only where a law lets it. These are the laws its rules cite, where its rules live, and the bills that would change it.
Laws it carries out
The U.S. Code sections its rules of the last six years cite as their authority, most cited first, of 311.
- Rules and forms prescribed by Secretary
- General regulations
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule
- Bonds and other security
- Entry of merchandise
- Entry under regulations
- Unlading
- Establishment of Service; Commissioner; appointment
- Mandatory advance electronic information for cargo and other improved customs reporting procedures
- Manifests
- Penalties for violations of arrival, reporting, entry, and clearance requirements
- Remission or mitigation of penalties
Its rulebook
Where the rules it wrote these six years sit in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Bills that would change it
Bills this Congress that name it, the most recently moved first. A bill that names an agency is not a law.
- HR 9382: To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application…Passed first chamber
- HR 9566: To establish a pilot program for use by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at land ports of entry along the Arizona border to assess the use of…In committee
- HR 8844: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections ActReported from committee
- S 727: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections ActPassed first chamber
- HRES 881: Condemning the recent attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Law Enforcement personnel and…In committee
- S 344: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found…In committee
Track record
What it made final, the cases it brought, and where Congress moved to undo its work.
Latest final rules
The newest rules it made final.
- Pleasure Vessels of Malta Entitled To Cruising LicensesOct 29
- Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry Process; Delayed Compliance ExtensionOct 22
- Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Electronic Export Manifest for Rail CargoAug 26
- Establishment of Four Customs-Enforcement AreasAug 25
- Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of NepalAug 12
- Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry ProcessJun 24
- Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Merchandise Arriving Through All Modes Other Than the International Postal NetworkJun 24
- Arrival Restrictions Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons Who Have Recently Traveled From or Were Otherwise Present Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, or South SudanMay 21
Who runs it
Its leaders
- Rodney ScottCommissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Who pays to be heard
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$538M on reports naming it
- Amazon.com Services LLC$140M on reports naming it
- General Dynamics Corp$91.5M on reports naming it
- Rodney ScottCommissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland SecurityThe department it sits in
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.Lobbied it, $538M
- Amazon.com Services LLCLobbied it, $140M
- General Dynamics CorpLobbied it, $91.5M
- National Retail FederationLobbied it, $64.6M
Its leaders
The people the Senate last confirmed to its offices, one record per office. A confirmation date is not proof someone still serves.
Who tries to sway it
Who names it on federal lobbying reports, 2019 to 2026, and who used to work there. Naming an agency is the filer’s account of where work was aimed, not a record of a meeting.
Who pays to be heard
The biggest spenders on reports that name it. A report names several issues, so each figure is the whole report.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$538M
- Amazon.com Services LLC$140M
- General Dynamics Corp$91.5M
- National Retail Federation$64.6M
- Ups (United Parcel Service)$58.6M
- National Association of Manufacturers$50.1M
- General Atomics$46.4M
- Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (D/B/A Airlines for America)$42.6M
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.$38.5M
- American Association of Airport Executives$28.5M
- Rai Services Company$28.4M
- Airports Council International -- North America$19.7M
- Union Pacific Corporation$18.3M
- American Fed of Government Employees Afl-Cio$13.8M
- American Medical Association$13.2M
- Applied Materials, Inc.$12.2M
- Semiconductor Industry Association$11.9M
- International Paper$11.8M
- Ebay, Inc.$11.7M
- The Procter and Gamble Company$10.7M
Who files the lobbying
The firms on reports that name it, by how many clients they filed for.
- Sorini, Strategic Advisors F/K/A Sorini, Samet & Associates LLC19 clients
- Monument Advocacy18 clients
- Ballard Partners9 clients
- K&L Gates, LLP9 clients
- Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.9 clients
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP7 clients
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld7 clients
- Valiant Strategies LLC6 clients
- Miller Strategies, LLC5 clients
- The Russell Group, Inc.5 clients
- Holland & Knight LLP5 clients
- Robertson, Monagle, & Eastaugh LLC5 clients
- Invariant LLC5 clients
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.4 clients
- Checkmate Government Relations4 clients
- Winning Strategies Washington4 clients
- King & Spalding LLP4 clients
- Axadvocacy Government Relations4 clients
- Ryberg and Smith, L.L.C.4 clients
- Mcallister & Quinn, LLC3 clients
Former staff now lobbying
Lobbyists whose filings list a past job here.
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