# User Fee Facilities

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** User Fee Facilities  
**Source document:** Customs and Border Protection · p. 9  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/user-fee-facilities  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 22.3 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 22.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 23.4 |

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

Fee collections through the User Fee Facilities (UFF) program provide funding on a reimbursable basis for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection services at participating small airports and other facilities in support of homeland security requirements. Fee Authority: CBP services provided at UFFs along with associated collections are authorized under Sec. 236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (Pub. Law 98-573), codified at 19 U.S.C. 58b. Fee Uses: The UFF program requires facilities to pay CBP startup and recurring fees to reimburse the cost of inspection services. Through this user fee, CBP aims to facilitate legitimate trade and travel while keeping the United States secure. Change Mechanism: The policies and procedures governing the UFF program are defined under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the facility and CBP. The MOAs include payment provisions detailing the initial start-up flat fee and an annual recurring fee. The fees charged are based on actual costs CBP incurs for each CBP Officer assigned to the airport on a full-time basis, associated travel, transportation, and training costs, as well as per diem and cost-of-living allowances. The fees do not cover certain computer and telecommunications costs that are paid separately by the facility requesting services. The fee charges may be adjusted annually for the following reasons: when there are CBP Officer staffing request changes, when an existing agreement ends, or when a new agreement is established. Most agreements are paid for in advance of services; however, the largest facility (Tijuana Cross Border Terminal) pays after services are rendered. Previous Changes: Various, depending on the negotiated UFF agreement. Recovery Rate: As of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, all MOAs reflect 100 percent reimbursement from user fee airports to CBP for all eligible expenses.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Customs and Border Protection › User Fee Facilities


*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.*