American Energy Independence and Affordability Act

House Bill

H.R. 5862

119th Congress

American Energy Independence and Affordability Act

In Committee

Introduced:Oct 28, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Tom Cole

Representative

Republican

OK-4

Cosponsors

1

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Immigration

Summary

This bill gives the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more flexibility to reorganize and adjust the staffing of certain roles related to collecting customs revenue, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It allows CBP to make staffing changes as needed, as long as they maintain an optimal staffing level.

Latest Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

SponsorTom Cole (R-OK)

Introduced10/28/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

ChamberHouse

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American Energy Independence and Affordability Act

This bill gives the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more flexibility to reorganize and adjust the staffing of certain roles related to collecting customs revenue, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It allows CBP to make staffing changes

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This bill gives the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more flexibility to reorganize and adjust the staffing of certain roles related to collecting customs revenue, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It allows CBP to make staffing changes as needed, as long as they maintain an optimal staffing level.

Bill Number: 5862
Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)
Introduced: 10/28/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy Area: Immigration

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Fact Sheet

Title: American Energy Independence and Affordability Act
Bill Number: 5862
Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced: 10/28/2025
Summary: This bill gives the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more flexibility to reorganize and adjust the staffing of certain roles related to collecting customs revenue, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It allows CBP to make staffing changes as needed, as long as they maintain an o

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill gives the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more flexibility to reorganize and adjust the staffing of certain roles related to collecting customs revenue, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It allows CBP to make staffing changes as needed, as long as they maintain an optimal staffing level.

Last updated: 12/29/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions. For example, this bill authorizes CBP to add functions to existing positions that perform these revenue functions. CBP may also establish new job series and grades for personnel that perform these functions. The bill also modifies a provision that prohibits CBP from reducing the staffing level of certain revenue functions (e.g., import specialists, entry specialists, and customs auditors). Specifically, this bill relaxes this prohibition by allowing for reductions if the reduction will not result in a staffing level below the optimal level as determined in a specified resource allocation model. (Currently, CBP is required to report to Congress every two years the results of this model to determine the optimal staffing levels for carrying out CBP commercial operations.) The bill also expands this staffing level reduction restriction to also apply to national account managers and international trade analysts.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Expands CBP's authority to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions and related job roles
Allows CBP to add new functions to existing positions and establish new job series and grades for personnel
Relaxes a prohibition on reducing staffing levels for certain revenue functions, as long as the optimal staffing level is maintained
Expands the staffing level restriction to also apply to national account managers and international trade analysts

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would primarily impact CBP and its personnel who handle customs revenue functions, such as import specialists and customs auditors. It would give CBP more flexibility to organize and adjust staffing levels for these roles based on their assessment of optimal staffing needs. This could lead to changes in the number and types of CBP jobs related to customs revenue collection.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Immigration

Related Subjects

Border security and unlawful immigration

Customs enforcement

Employment and training programs

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

5862, 119th Congress (2025). "American Energy Independence and Affordability Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-5862