CATCH Fentanyl Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (15 Aug 2025): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 187.
What this bill does
The CATCH Fentanyl Act would direct the Department of Homeland Security, through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Innovation Team, to launch pilot projects testing new inspection technologies at land ports of entry along U.S. borders. Within one year of enactment, CBP would need to test at least five nonintrusive inspection technology enhancements—drawing from fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, and quantum sensing—to help detect contraband, drugs, weapons, human smuggling, and other threats in vehicle and cargo traffic. The pilots would run for five years, prioritize cost-effective solutions, include privacy safeguards, and allow input from private-sector technology providers.
The bill primarily affects CBP operations and personnel at land border crossings, as well as travelers and cargo passing through those ports, since new detection tools could change wait times and inspection procedures. DHS would be required to report to Congress on the technologies' effectiveness, costs, and privacy/civil liberties impacts both during and after the pilot period. The bill explicitly does not authorize any new funding, meaning existing agency resources would be used.
H.R. 1569 was introduced in February 2025 by Rep. Clay Higgins and has been reported out of the House Homeland Security Committee, placed on the Union Calendar, and is awaiting consideration by the full House. It would need to pass the House, then the Senate, and be signed by the President before becoming law.
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Official summary
Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful Fentanyl Act or the CATCH Fentanyl Act
This bill establishes a pilot program for improving the inspection of conveyances or modes of transportation at land ports of entry along U.S. borders to detect contraband, illegal drugs, illegal weapons, human smuggling, and threats. Specifically, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Innovation Team must test technology in at least one of the categories of artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, quantum information sciences, or other emerging technologies. The team must also test and collect data regarding at least five types of enhancements to nonintrusive inspection technology (e.g., X-ray machines) able to be deployed at land ports of entry.
Timeline
15 Aug 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 187.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 1569 do?
- The CATCH Fentanyl Act would direct the Department of Homeland Security, through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Innovation Team, to launch pilot projects testing new inspection technologies at land ports of entry along U.S. borders. Within one year of enactment, CBP would need to test at least five nonintrusive inspection technology enhancements—drawing from fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, and quantum sensing—to help detect contraband, drugs, weapons, human smuggling, and other threats in vehicle and cargo traffic. The pilots would run for five years, prioritize cost-effective solutions, include privacy safeguards, and allow input from private-sector technology providers. The bill primarily affects CBP operations and personnel at land border crossings, as well as travelers and cargo passing through those ports, since new detection tools could change wait times and inspection procedures. DHS would be required to report to Congress on the technologies' effectiveness, costs, and privacy/civil liberties impacts both during and after the pilot period. The bill explicitly does not authorize any new funding, meaning existing agency resources would be used. H.R. 1569 was introduced in February 2025 by Rep. Clay Higgins and has been reported out of the House Homeland Security Committee, placed on the Union Calendar, and is awaiting consideration by the full House. It would need to pass the House, then the Senate, and be signed by the President before becoming law.
- Has H.R. 1569 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 1569. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 1569?
- H.R. 1569 was sponsored by Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), with 21 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 1569?
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 187. (15 Aug 2025).
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