cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later January 31, 2024, and 
annually thereafter, the Board shall submit to the 
Secretary a report containing a detailed statement 
relating to— 
(A) the prioritization of activities described 
in subsection (d); and 
(B) recommendations with respect to the 
expenditure of funds from the Trust Fund. 
(8) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE RULES.—Notwithstanding section 1013 
of title 5, United States Code, the Board is author-
ized for a period commensurate with the LPOE 
Modernization Trust Fund authorization. 
(h) CUSTOMS FEES.— 
(1) LAND PORT OF ENTRY MAINTENANCE FEES 
TRANSFER.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, up to $1,600,000,000 of 
the amount in the Customs User Fee Account estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 13031(f) 
of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(1)) and not otherwise 
appropriated shall be transferred to the Trust Fund, 
subject to paragraph (3) of such section 13031(f). 
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Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of such section 
13031(f), amounts transferred from the Customs 
User Fee Account to the Trust Fund pursuant to 
the preceding sentence shall be available only to the 
extent and in the amounts provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts to carry out the purposes speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2). 
(2) FEES COLLECTED FOR EXPRESS CONSIGN-
MENT
OPERATIONS.—Section 13031(b)(9) of the 
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(iii)(III), to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(III) The remaining 25 percent of the 
amount of payments received under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) and clause (ii) of this subpara-
graph shall be deposited into the Land Port of 
Entry Modernization Trust Fund and shall be 
available only to the extent and in the amounts 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts to 
carry out the purposes specified in section 
2(d)(2) of the LPOE Modernization Trust 
Fund Act;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(iii) The terms ‘individual air waybill’ and ‘bill 
of lading’ mean a document or other tracking mech-
anism representing an individual shipment, that is 
not a consolidated or master document— 
‘‘(I) having its own unique bill number, 
unique tracking number, or other unique identi-
fier; 
‘‘(II) assigned to a single ultimate con-
signee; and 
‘‘(III) with respect to which no lower 
tracking unit exists.’’. 
(3) SURCHARGE
OF
FEES
COLLECTED.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law— 
(A) the Secretary shall charge a surcharge 
of— 
(i) $40 on the immigrant user fee es-
tablished under section 286(m) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Naturalization 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 1356(m)); and 
(ii) $6 on the land border inspection 
fee established under section 286(q) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(q)); and 
(B) the Secretary of State shall charge a 
surcharge of $20 on the machine-readable visa 
fee established under section 103 of the En-
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hanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform 
Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1713). 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security, 
the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 4(e) of 
the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304(e)). 
(3) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise specified 
in this section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
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(4) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
government’’ means the government of an Indian 
tribe. 
Æ 
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