Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2003
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Directs the Administrator of General Services to make annual updates to the Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study.
Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to: (1) develop an expansion plan for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs along the northern and southern borders, including the Business Anti-Smuggling Coalition, the Carrier Initiative Program, the Americas Counter Smuggling Initiative, the Container Security Initiative, the Free and Secure Trade Initiative, and other Industry Partnership programs; (2) establish a Partnership demonstration program along the southern border; and (3) establish a demonstration program for a cooperative trade security system with respect to entities (maquiladora) in Mexico that assemble and produce goods from imported parts for export to the United States.
Authorizes specified appropriations.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3192-3193)
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 539: Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-539/
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