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  - Referred To
2023-07-12T20:37:08Z
S. Rept. 118-251

- Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
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2023-10-25
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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CRS
- 2024-12-02
Senate
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251.
Committee
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60452
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2024
Immigration
- Border security and unlawful immigration
2024-05-13T15:01:45Z
- Employment and training programs
2024-05-13T15:03:18Z
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
2024-05-13T15:07:26Z
- Law enforcement officers
2024-05-13T15:01:39Z
- Motor carriers
2024-05-13T15:02:06Z
- Motor vehicles
2024-05-13T15:01:54Z
- Smuggling and trafficking
2024-05-13T15:02:46Z
Immigration
2023-07-20T20:00:26Z
00
2023-07-12
Introduced in Senate
2024-02-12T22:03:48Z
Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
This bill establishes positions within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to review inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States.
Specifically, the bill establishes the position of image adjudicator within the CBP Office of Field Operations. An image adjudicator must (1) review nonintrusive inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States; (2) assess whether such vehicles and cargo contain contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, or persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and (3) refer suspicious vehicles and cargo for further inspection by a CBP officer.
The bill also establishes the position of supervisory image adjudicator with additional responsibilities, including receiving and reporting intelligence to the National Targeting Center about techniques used by malign actors to transport contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, and persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States.
The bill establishes annual training requirements for both image adjudicator and supervisory image adjudicator positions, including training on privacy and civil liberties and how to analyze inspection images.
Within a year of this bill's enactment, CBP must develop a workforce staffing model for these positions. The Government Accountability Office must validate the model within six months of the model's completion.

Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
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2024-12-04T03:23:17Z
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Reported to Senate
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Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
2024-12-03T12:03:18Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023
2024-05-24T13:38:40Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
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A bill to establish Image Adjudicator and Supervisory Image Adjudicator positions in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations.
2024-02-14T09:08:24Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Reported to Senate
2024-12-02T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2278rs/xml/BILLS-118s2278rs.xml
- Introduced in Senate
2023-07-12T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2278is/xml/BILLS-118s2278is.xml
2024-12-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
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