What This Bill Does
This bill would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together NEXUS applications filed by family members within 180 days of enactment. It would let one family member schedule interviews for all linked applicants and would allow CBP to offer joint interviews. The bill also lets CBP exempt children under 14 from an interview if they are linked to an eligible family member’s application.
- CBP must link family members’ NEXUS applications within 180 days of enactment.
- One family member may schedule interviews for all linked applicants.
- CBP may offer joint interviews for linked family members.
- Children under 14 may be exempted from an interview if linked to an eligible family member.
- “Family members” includes parents, legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings in one household.
Who This Bill Affects
If you are part of a household applying for NEXUS, this bill could make the process more convenient by linking family applications, allowing one family member to schedule interviews for all linked applicants, and possibly enabling joint interviews. It could also spare a child under 14 from an interview if the child is linked to an eligible family member’s application. If you do not use NEXUS or are not applying as a family group, the bill is unlikely to change anything in your day-to-day life.
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- Bill
- HR 9382
- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Official title
- 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.
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Latest action
- Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. (June 22, 2026)
- Last updated
- June 23, 2026
Who Supports & Opposes This
- Families who apply for NEXUS together They would likely see the biggest benefit because one person could coordinate interviews for the whole household instead of managing separate application tracks. That can save time, reduce duplicated appointments, and make it easier for children and older relatives to complete the process.
- Frequent cross-border travelers People who regularly use the U.S.-Canada border may favor any change that streamlines enrollment in a trusted-traveler program. Faster, more coordinated family processing could make it easier to keep everyone in a household enrolled and ready to travel.
- Border-processing administrators who favor efficiency Linking family applications could reduce confusion and help CBP handle related cases as a unit. A more organized interview schedule may make the application process easier to administer for family groups.
- Immigration and border-security skeptics They may worry that family-linked processing and interview exemptions, especially for children under 14, could reduce individual scrutiny. Even if the bill does not change eligibility rules, critics may see any streamlining as a potential weakening of screening rigor.
- CBP operations managers concerned about workload The bill imposes a new requirement to link family applications within 180 days, which could require system changes and staff training. Joint interviews and grouped scheduling could also complicate appointment management if demand is high.
- Applicants who are not in family groups They would not get the same scheduling benefits, so the bill could be seen as a targeted convenience for one type of applicant rather than a broad program improvement. Some may question whether CBP resources should be devoted to family-specific processing changes.
Key Implications
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““link together applications of family members””
CBP would have to treat related NEXUS applications as connected cases, which should reduce the burden on households applying at the same time. It also means the agency would need systems that track who is linked to whom across the application process.
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““an individual family member to schedule interviews””
One person could coordinate the interview step for the whole linked family, instead of each applicant managing appointments separately. That is especially helpful when multiple relatives live together and are trying to complete the program together.
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““may offer such families the option to conduct joint interviews””
CBP would be allowed, but not required, to hold a combined interview for a family group. This creates flexibility for both applicants and the agency, but it also means access to joint interviews could depend on CBP’s implementation.
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““exempt from an interview… a child under 14 years of age””
Young children linked to an eligible family member could skip an interview entirely if CBP uses this authority. That lowers the procedural burden for families, but also creates a narrower screening path for that age group.
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““within 180 days after the date of enactment””
If enacted, CBP would have a six-month deadline to put the family-linking requirement into operation. That gives the agency a defined implementation window rather than an open-ended timeline.
Latest Status
June 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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