Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§226 Ensuring Timely Updates to U.s. Customs and Border Protection Field Manuals

Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER IV — BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part B — U.S. Customs and Border Protection › § 226

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

CBP must review and update its field inspection manuals at least once every 3 years so port-of-entry inspection rules stay the same across locations and keep up with new ways to hide illegal activity, like drug or human smuggling. After each update, CBP must send a summary of the changes to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §226

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(a)In general

Not less frequently than triennially, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall review and update, as necessary, the current policies and manuals of the Office of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of entry to ensure the uniform implementation of inspection practices that will effectively respond to technological and methodological changes designed to disguise illegal activity, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans, along the border.

(b)Reporting requirement

Shortly after each update required under subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that summarizes the policy and manual changes implemented by such update.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of life Act, also known as the END FENTANYL Act, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 226

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110