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H.R. 9382

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application process, and for other purposes.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Homeland Security Committee · Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D-NY)

Official summary (Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House): This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to link the applications of family members (parents, legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings residing within a single household) throughout the NEXUS application process (an expedited border inspections program between the United-States and Canada).

CBP must permit a family member to schedule NEXUS interviews for all linked family members and may provide linked family members the option to participate in joint interviews.

CBP may exempt from the interview process a child under 14 years of age who is linked to an eligible family member.

Passed House (voice vote) 16 September 2026

Record as of 16 September 2026 — the most recent action in the official record. Status can lag; each step below carries its own date.

  1. 16 September 2026 Passed House (voice vote)

    What's next: To the Senate (if and when it takes it up)

  2. 5 more actions
    1. 16 September 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
    2. 16 September 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
    3. 16 September 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9382.
    4. 16 September 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5899-5900)
    5. 16 September 2026 Mr. Van Epps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. 15 September 2026 Reported by committee
  4. 15 September 2026 Placed on calendar (House)
  5. 2 more actions
    1. 24 June 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0.
    2. 24 June 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 22 June 2026 Referred to committee
  7. 22 June 2026 Introduced in House
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