H.R. 4071 · 119th Congress

Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025

Introduced on Jun 23, 2025 by Michael Guest (R-MS-3). 2 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 23, 2025
Cosponsors
2
1 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Customs enforcement
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Homeland security
  • Human trafficking
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Smuggling and trafficking
  • Terrorism

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Oct 3, 2025). Public domain.

Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025

This bill expands permitted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities in foreign countries and provides for tort claims against the United States for certain CBP operations in foreign countries.

The bill allows officers and agents of the Air and Marine Operations of CBP to provide specified support to the government of foreign countries. In particular, officers and agents may provide support for

  • monitoring, locating, and deterring the smuggling of illegal drugs, persons, or goods into the United States;
  • tracking terrorist or other threats to the United States;
  • emergency humanitarian efforts; and
  • law enforcement capacity-building efforts.

The bill also allows CBP to expend appropriated funds to pay claims for money damages made against the United States that arise in a foreign country in connection with CBP operations. This includes money damages for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by certain acts or omissions of an employee of the agency while acting within the scope of his or her office or employment. Under current law, acts occurring in foreign countries are excepted from the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Claims made under the bill must be made no more than two years after the date of the incident. The authority to expend funds for such damages expires five years after the date of enactment of the bill.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Michael GuestR-MS-3Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  6. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged
  7. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  9. Oct 3, 2025Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-323, Part I.
  10. Oct 3, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-323, Part I.
  11. Oct 3, 2025Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
  12. Oct 3, 2025 · HouseCommittee on Ways and Means discharged.
  13. Oct 3, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 276.
  14. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseMr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  15. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4788-4789)
  16. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4071.
  17. Nov 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4788)
  18. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4788)
  19. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Nov 20, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.