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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)

16 September 2026  |  Passed House (voice vote)

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

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.

Posted 17 September 2026

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