The White House on Friday announced new actions to help alleviate the bottleneck that can lead to long waits for many international travelers entering the U.S.

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The report also outlined action plans specific to 17 of the largest airports that account for almost three-quarters of international visitors entering the country.

Those action plans include several different approaches, as outlined by the White House:

* The private sector will spend an additional $20 million for 340 automated passport control kiosks at 13 locations, which allow travelers arriving at U.S. airports to scan their own passport. The kiosks can help to reduce the amount of time a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer spends on each person from 55 to 30 seconds.
*CBP will expand the use of new mobile passport control technology to the top 20 airports by 2016. That program, which allows travelers to use a mobile device to submit passport information, has been part of a pilot program at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International.
*CBP will deploy an additional 2,000 mobile devices at ports of entry by the end of fiscal year 2015 to help officers process passengers faster.
CBP will end the requirement that travelers fill out the 6059b Customs Declaration form by the end of 2016, expand the Express Connect program, and expand the use of One Stop processing for incoming arrivals who don't have a checked bag.
*The Global Entry and other CBP Trusted Traveler programs will be expanded and partnerships with the private sector will be expanded to reduce the cost of staffing and overtime.