A new report from the Government Accountability Office highlights the continued growth in CBP’s public-private partnership programs – the Reimbursable Services Program and the Donations Acceptance Program – since January 2024. This report updates key information from GAO’s January 2024 report on this matter.
GAO found that CBP selected an additional 241 RSP applications for partnerships from October 2023 through December 2025, bringing the total of RSP selections to 639 since fiscal year 2013. CBP and its partners executed 798 memorandums of understanding for these 639 RSP partnerships. The MOUs outline how agreements are to be implemented at one or more ports of entry. Most of the MOUs (82 percent) cover agreements at air ports of entry. CBP data show that RSP partners reimbursed CBP a total of $302.8 million for overtime services for calendar years 2014 through 2025.
CBP also entered into 24 new DAPs from October 2023 through December 2025, bringing the total number of such agreements to 70 since FY 2015. Partners span a variety of sectors such as state and local governments, private companies, and airline companies. Correspondingly, donations served a variety of purposes such as expanding inspection facility infrastructure (e.g., adding inspection lanes and booths), providing biometric detection services, and providing luggage for canine training. As of December 2025, 49 of the 70 projects were at land ports of entry. CBP officials estimate that the total value of all donations received from September 2015 through December 2025 was $277.3 million.
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