# Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee  
**Source document:** Customs and Border Protection · p. 8  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/electronic-system-for-travel-authorization-esta-fee  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 56.5 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 146.5 |
| FY2027 | request | 158.8 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee 25.7 Operation & Maintenance of Equipment U.S. Customs and Border Protection Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers The Working Families Tax Cut Act (Pub. Law 119-21) and economic assumptions for FY 2027 are expected to increase overall ESTA collections. Contributions: This non pay cost driver reflects anticipated carryover for this fee account. Other Services from Non-Federal Sources: CBP funds contractual support to facilitate oversight and tracking of programs. Equipment: Equipment for the ESTA program includes equipping CBP Officers (CBPOs) who work in the National Targeting Center, as well as providing servers and software to support the programs. Other Costs: CBP incurs several additional non pay costs in support of the frontline activities associated with this user fee. These other costs include transportation and travel requirements for training and operations, supplies and materials for office management within CBP's program offices, and portions of indirect costs which are associated with the fee activity workloads. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Land Border Inspection Fee


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Customs and Border Protection › Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*