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GuamBill No. 234-38 (COR)38th Guam Legislature (2025-2026)legislature
AN ACT TO ADD A NEW §73157 TO ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 73, DIVISION 3 OF TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO MANDATING THE ADOPTION OF THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMS DATA (ASYCUDA) AS THE OFFICIAL CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE GUAM CUSTOMS AND QUARANTINE AGENCY, AND TO AUTHORIZE AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE.
Sponsored By: Jesse A. Lujan (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Guam Customs shares data with safeguards
The Customs Director can make agreements to share ASYCUDA data with Guam agencies, federal authorities, and regional or international customs partners. Sharing supports customs, revenue, law enforcement, border security, and trade, including joint enforcement and meeting federal port requirements. Agreements must follow local and federal law, protect confidential taxpayer, business, and sensitive enforcement information, and limit use to lawful customs, revenue, trade, or border-security purposes. Within 180 days of April 8, 2026, the Director must issue rules under Guam’s Administrative Adjudication Law. Those rules must cover system use, security, data integrity, access, privacy, record retention, continued operations, and compliance with applicable local, federal, and international customs, trade, and border-security requirements.
Guam Customs moves to electronic processing
Beginning April 8, 2026, the law requires Guam Customs to use ASYCUDA at all air, sea, mail, and express entry points. This electronic system handles cargo and passenger records, risk checks, goods valuation and classification, exemptions, personal thresholds, and enforcement records. It must support automated assessment, collection, accounting, and reporting of duties, use taxes, fees, and other revenue; tax rates and exemptions remain unchanged. It must connect and share data with Revenue and Taxation and authorized government financial systems as much as practicable. Guam keeps ownership, control, and timely access to its data, regardless of hosting or service arrangements.
Guam Customs gets limited bidding exemption
With the Governor’s approval, the Customs Director can make and amend agreements with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development for ASYCUDA setup, hosting, integration, operation, improvements, training, support, and maintenance. ASYCUDA and directly related modules, services, hardware, and support are exempt from competitive bidding; unrelated technology purchases are not. Before signing, the Director must get the Governor’s approval of a written finding confirming the sole source and exemption limits, then send each agreement and finding to the Legislature within 30 days after signing. An implementation plan is due within 90 days of the first agreement, covering deployment milestones, budget, funding sources, and fixes for oversight findings. Federal funds, including Technical Assistance Program funds, grants and cooperative agreements, local appropriations, and other lawful funds can pay for the system; the law sets no dollar amount.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jesse A. Lujan
Republican • legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 3/27/2026
Floor Vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Law 38-109 — signed
4/8/2026GovernorCommittee report filed
3/9/2026legislaturePublic hearing held
1/12/2026legislatureFiscal note filed
12/29/2025legislatureFiscal note requested
12/18/2025legislatureReferred to committee
12/18/2025legislatureIntroduced as Bill No. 234-38 (COR)
11/24/2025legislatureTransmitted to Governor
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Bill Text
Introduced
11/24/2025
Committee Report
Enrolled (Public Law)
Transmittal
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