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Union Calendar No. 187 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1569 
[Report No. 119–229] 
To establish a pilot program to assess the use of technology to speed up 
and enhance the cargo inspection process at land ports of entry along 
the border. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, 
Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. 
RILEY of New York, and Ms. CRAIG) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
AUGUST 15, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. BAUMGARTNER, Mr. 
GUEST, Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MCDOWELL, and Ms. 
BYNUM 
AUGUST 15, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To establish a pilot program to assess the use of technology 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Contraband Awareness 
Technology Catches Harmful Fentanyl Act’’ or the 
‘‘CATCH Fentanyl Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AI.—The terms 
‘‘artificial intelligence’’ and ‘‘AI’’ have the meaning 
given the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ in section 
238(g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note). 
(3) CBP INNOVATION TEAM.—The term ‘‘CBP 
Innovation Team’’ means the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection Innovation Team within the Of-
fice of the Commissioner. 
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(4) NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY; 
NII TECHNOLOGY.—The terms ‘‘nonintrusive inspec-
tion technology’’ and ‘‘NII technology’’ means tech-
nical equipment and machines, such as X-ray or 
gamma-ray imaging equipment, that allow cargo in-
spections without the need to open the means of 
transport and unload the cargo. 
(5) 
PILOT
PROJECTS.—The 
term 
‘‘pilot 
projects’’ means the projects required under section 
3(a) for testing and assessing the use of technologies 
to improve the inspection process at land ports of 
entry. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROJECTS ALLOWING ADDITIONAL TECH-
NOLOGY PROVIDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN IN-
SPECTING CARS, TRUCKS, AND CARGO CON-
TAINERS AT CERTAIN PORTS OF ENTRY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, acting through CBP Innova-
tion Team, and in coordination with the Office of 
Field Operations and the Department of Homeland 
Security Science and Technology Directorate, shall 
begin the implementation of pilot projects for testing 
and assessing the use of technologies or technology 
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enhancements to improve the process for inspecting, 
including by increasing efficiencies of such inspec-
tions, any conveyance or mode of transportation at 
land ports of entry along the borders of the United 
States. The technologies or technology enhancements 
tested and assessed under the pilot projects shall be 
for the purpose of assisting U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection personnel to detect contraband, illegal 
drugs, illegal weapons, human smuggling, and 
threats on inbound and outbound traffic, in conjunc-
tion with the use of imaging equipment, radiation 
portal monitors, and chemical detectors. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In implementing the 
pilot projects at ports of entry, the CBP Inno-
vation Team, in coordination with the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Science and Tech-
nology Directorate, shall test and collect data 
regarding not fewer than 5 types of nonintru-
sive inspection technology enhancements that 
can be deployed at land ports of entry. The 
CBP Innovation Team shall test technology en-
hancements from not fewer than 1 of the fol-
lowing categories: 
(i) Artificial intelligence. 
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(ii) Machine learning. 
(iii) High-performance computing. 
(iv) Quantum information sciences, in-
cluding quantum sensing. 
(v) Other emerging technologies. 
(B) IDENTIFICATION
OF
EFFECTIVE
EN-
HANCEMENTS.—The pilot projects shall identify 
the most effective types of technology enhance-
ments to improve the capabilities of nonintru-
sive inspection systems and other inspection 
systems used at land ports of entry based on— 
(i) the technology enhancement’s abil-
ity to assist U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection accurately detect contraband, il-
legal drugs, illegal weapons, human smug-
gling, or threats in inbound and outbound 
traffic; 
(ii) the technology enhancement’s abil-
ity to increase efficiencies of inspections to 
assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
address long wait times; 
(iii) the technology enhancement’s 
ability to improve capabilities of aging de-
tection equipment and infrastructure at 
land ports of entry; 
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(iv) the technology enhancement’s 
safety relative to As Low As Reasonably 
Achievable (ALARA) standard practices; 
(v) the ability to integrate the new 
technology into the existing workflow and 
infrastructure; 
(vi) the technology enhancement’s 
ability to incorporate automatic threat rec-
ognition technology using standard formats 
and open architecture; 
(vii) the mobility of technology en-
hancements; and 
(viii) other performance measures 
identified by the CBP Innovation Team. 
(C) PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT.—The 
CBP Innovation Team may solicit input from 
representatives of the private sector regarding 
commercially viable technologies. 
(D) 
COST
EFFECTIVENESS
REQUIRE-
MENT.—In identifying the most effective types 
of technology enhancements under subpara-
graph (B), the pilot projects shall prioritize so-
lutions that demonstrate the highest cost-effec-
tiveness in achievement the objectives described 
in clauses (i) through (ix) of subparagraph (B). 
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