I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5518 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to negotiate an agreement 
with the Government of Canada for integrated cross-border aerial, land, 
and maritime law enforcement operations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
LAWLER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. CRENSHAW, 
Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. VAN DREW, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced 
the following bill; which was 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 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to negotiate 
an agreement with the Government of Canada for inte-
grated cross-border aerial, land, and maritime law en-
forcement operations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrated Cross-Bor-
der Law Enforcement Operations Expansion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that to the greatest extent 
practicable and consistent with the foreign policy objec-
tives of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity should seek to utilize the authorities granted in this 
legislation to, among other things, negotiate or amend ex-
isting agreements with the Government of Canada, as ap-
propriate, for integrated cross-border aerial, maritime, 
and land law enforcement operations. 
SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERA-
TION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.— 
Part V of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 629(g), by adding after the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, may enter into a treaty or agreement with any 
foreign country to extend to an officer of such coun-
try that is designated as an officer of the Customs 
Service pursuant to section 401(i) of this Act the 
same privileges and immunities as an officer of the 
Customs Service with respect to any actions taken 
by the designated person in the performance of such 
duties.’’; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 629 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 629A. OPERATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND 
SUPPORT TO FOREIGN AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds 
appropriated or otherwise available to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection for operations and support to pay a tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such 
claim when arises in a foreign country in connection with 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO
THE HOMELAND SECURITY 
ACT.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 890E. STATIONING OF FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS AND OTHER PERSONNEL. 
‘‘The Secretary or the Attorney General, or both as 
appropriate, may station or deploy United States law en-
forcement officers and associated personnel in a foreign 
country, and may accept the stationing or deployment of 
foreign law enforcement officials and other persons as-
signed by a foreign government in the United States, for 
the purpose of enhancing border security or law enforce-
ment cooperation or operations, including for purposes of 
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conducting joint operations in the land, air, and maritime 
domain, with that country. The Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary or the Attorney General, or 
both as appropriate, may enter into treaties or agreements 
with any foreign country to extend to foreign law enforce-
ment officials and other persons assigned by the foreign 
government who are stationed in the United States such 
privileges and immunities as are necessary to carry out 
their functions.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 890D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890E. Stationing of foreign law enforcement officials and other per-
sonnel.’’. 
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