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Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73

§1753 Joint United States-Canada projects for alternative inspections services

Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - INSPECTION AND ADMISSION OF ALIENS › § 1753

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

U.S. border inspection agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, may run joint inspection projects with Canada on the shared border and must try to harmonize the two countries’ inspection rules. The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury must report to Congress each year. Two federal laws (the Administrative Procedure Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act) do not apply to fee-setting and certain admin rules for these projects, but any fees and forms must be published in the Federal Register.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1753

Aliens and Nationality — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)United States border inspections agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, acting jointly and under an agreement of cooperation with the Government of Canada, may conduct joint United States-Canada inspections projects on the international border between the two countries. Each such project may provide alternative inspections services and shall undertake to harmonize the criteria for inspections applied by the two countries in implementing those projects.
(b)The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare and submit annually to Congress a report on the joint United States-Canada inspections projects conducted under subsection (a).
(c)Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the “Administrative Procedure Act”) and chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly referred to as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”) shall not apply to fee setting for services and other administrative requirements relating to projects described in subsection (a), except that fees and forms established for such projects shall be published as a notice in the Federal Register.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1753

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73