Sponsor
Keith Self
Representative · R-TX
Representative · R-TX
The bill shifts CBP headquarters to Texas to improve border response and local coordination and speeds land acquisition for a new HQ, but it imposes relocation costs and local economic shifts and carries potential taxpayer and legal risks around land purchase.
CBP federal employees and border communities will have the agency headquarters relocated closer to the southern border, enabling faster crisis response to border incidents.
Texas state and local governments and border communities will likely see improved coordination with the CBP headquarters during border incidents because leadership will be colocated nearer to the border.
Taxpayers and federal employees will benefit from authorization to acquire land in Texas, enabling timelier procurement and construction of a new headquarters without requiring separate congressional property approvals.
CBP federal employees and their families will face relocation costs and personal disruption from being required or incentivized to move the headquarters to Texas.
Taxpayers and communities in the prior headquarters location may see reduced federal presence and local economic activity as jobs and spending move to Texas.
Taxpayers and state governments could incur additional costs and legal/administrative burdens if the land acquisition or title approvals in Texas are contested or require litigation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS/CBP to move its headquarters, personnel, and assets to Texas by January 1, 2026, and authorizes acquisition of land interests in Texas subject to federal title standards.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Keith Self · Last progress January 3, 2025
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner, to relocate CBP’s headquarters — including functions, personnel, and real assets — to the State of Texas by January 1, 2026. Directs DHS/CBP to work with the Texas General Land Office to meet a statutory location requirement, authorizes acquisition of land interests in Texas by written contract, and requires any conveyed federal land title to meet Attorney General title-approval standards and be strategically placed for managing a U.S.–Mexico border crisis.