Supporting inspection policies and procedures that promote economic growth and security
- Oppose duplicative state-level inspections that harm competitiveness, delay shipments
- Ensuring ports of entry are properly resourced to process trade and travel without interruption
- Ensuring all work performed in FTZs qualifies for USMCA
- Congressional participation in and oversight of tariff policy, including Sec. 232 tariffs and Sec. 301
Innovative trade processing solutions
- 21st Century Customs Framework
- Unified Cargo Processing
- Technological pre-inspection
- Trade-friendly public-private partnerships
Promoting Cross-Border Travel
- Strengthening trusted traveler programs
- Supporting policies that encourage tourism
- Reforming visa policy
Ensuring strong diplomatic ties
- Continued strong diplomatic ties between the U.S. and its border neighbors
Maintaining tariff- and duty-free cross-border agricultural trade
- Maintenance and timely renewal of the Tomato Suspension Agreement
Properly resourced ports of entry
- Work with administration and congressional appropriators to ensure federal personnel levels at ports of entry are commensurate with trade volumes
- Support robust canine inspection capabilities
Cross-border cooperation and harmonization
- Resist growth of technical barriers to trade
- Advocate for reasonable packaging regulations
Technology, policies and procedures that facilitate trade, reduce delays
- Seek funding for additional NII (Non-Intrusive Inspection) equipment at the major perishable commodities-crossing land ports
- Increasing refrigerated inspection capacity
Supporting a long-term, pro-trade transportation plan
- Implementation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Improving border infrastructure
- Allow CBP to make repairs at GSA-owned ports of entry
- Extending and improving the Donation Acceptance Program
- Updating GSA and CBP design standards
- Upgrading border region environmental infrastructure and technology
Enhancing technological infrastructure
- Dramatically increasing broadband access at ports of entry
- Shift to a command center model
- Deploy leading-edge non-intrusive inspection equipment that can lead to 100 percent inspections
A regulatory environment to encourage trade throughput and enhance border infrastructure
- Improving the permitting process
- Promoting of a multi-modal freight strategy
Increasing freight capacity at seaports
Ensuring commercial operational support at seaports for CBP cargo clearance
Relieving backlogs at seaports
Preventing supply chain disruptions
- Reliable governance, a robust legislative process
Minimizing disruptions to trade and travel
- Anticipating surges in asylum-seeking migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border
Policy that promotes free trade in North America