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Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1753 Joint United States-canada Projects for Alternative Inspections Services

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

U.S. border inspection agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, may work with the Government of Canada under a cooperation agreement to run joint inspection projects on the shared border. These projects can offer alternative inspection services and must try to make the inspection rules used by both countries match. The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury must send Congress a report about these projects every year. The Administrative Procedure Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act do not apply to setting fees and some administrative rules for these projects, but any fees and forms must be published as a notice in the Federal Register.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1753

Aliens and Nationality, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
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)Annual report
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)Exemption from Administrative Procedure Act and Paperwork Reduction Act
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.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1753

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110