Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73not60
§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
Summary
CBP’s Commissioner must at least once every three years update inspection rules for ports to keep inspections uniform and counter new ways of hiding illegal activity like drug or human smuggling. After each update, the Commissioner must report the changes to the Senate and House homeland security committees.
Full Legal Text
Title 6, §226
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(a)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)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
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60