Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) has reintroduced the Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Today (DIRECT) Act, legislation aimed at reallocating funds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) is an original cosponsor of the bill.

N.Y., introduced a bill to reallocate funds from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement to hiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.

Trump, 78, has already warned that he will raise tariffs on foreign nations that fail to align with his strict immigration policies.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his plan to create a federal body charged with taxing and collecting taxes from U.S. trade partners.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources as he readies new import tariffs ahead of his inauguration next week.

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will create External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenue from foreign count

The brand new agency - cleverly titled the External Revenue Service - does the exact opposite of the already established Internal Revenue ... and Border Protection (CBP) collects tariffs ...

The parallel with the Internal Revenue Service is seen as a signal of the president-elect’s determination to enact sweeping import duties.

President-elect Trump plans to create an External Revenue Service that would collect tariffs from U.S. importers, with economists arguing the proposed agency's name obscures who pays.

Donald Trump continued his crusade for more tariffs from trade partners with the announced creation of the External Revenue Service.

Donald Trump’s plan to establish the External Revenue Service and implement higher tariffs signals a bold shift in US economic policy, but critics question whether it will create more bureaucracy and raise consumer costs.