Calendar No. 715 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office 

of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and 

facilitation activities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Excessive 

5 Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘REVAMP Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland 

9 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

8 section 3305 of title 40, United States 

9 Code, subject to subparagraph (B), the 

10 Commissioner, in consultation with the Ad11 ministrator of General Services— 

12 ‘‘(I) shall establish guidance and 

13 procedures by which U.S. Customs 

14 and Border Protection may conduct 

15 maintenance and repair projects cost16 ing not more than $300,000 in the 

17 physical space at any Federal Govern18 ment-owned port of entry at which the 

19 Office of Field Operations performs 

20 any of the activities described in sub21 paragraphs (A) through (G) of sub22 section (g)(3); and 

23 ‘‘(II) is authorized to perform 

24 such maintenance and repair projects, 


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1 subject to the procedures described in 

2 clause (ii). 

3 ‘‘(ii) GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES

4 DESCRIBED.—The guidance and proce5 dures established pursuant to clause (i) 

6 shall include— 

7 ‘‘(I) a description of the types of 

8 projects that may be carried out pur9 suant to clause (i); and 

10 ‘‘(II) the procedures for identi11 fying and addressing any impacts on 

12 other tenants of facilities where such 

13 projects will be carried out. 

14 ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF GUIDANCE

15 AND PROCEDURES.—The guidance and 

16 procedures established pursuant to clause 

17 (i) shall be published in the Federal Reg18 ister. 

19 ‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The 

20 publication of guidance and procedures 

21 under clause (iii) shall not impact the au22 thority of the Commissioner to update such 

23 procedures, in consultation with the Ad24 ministrator, as appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The authority under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 

3 maintenance and repair projects involving exist4 ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 

5 port of entry described in such subparagraph. 

6 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

7 in this paragraph may be construed to affect 

8 the availability of funding from— 

9 ‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund es10 tablished under section 592 of title 40, 

11 United States Code; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the Donation Acceptance Pro13 gram established under section 482; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) any other statutory authority or 

15 appropriation for projects described in sub16 paragraph (A).’’. 

17 (b) REPORTING.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an20 nually thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

21 and Border Protection shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af23 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Appropria24 tions of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Se25 curity of the House of Representatives, and the 


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1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives a report that includes the elements de3 scribed in paragraph (2). 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The elements described in 

5 this paragraph are the following: 

6 (A) A summary of all maintenance projects 

7 conducted pursuant to section 411(o)(3) of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 

9 subsection (a) during the prior fiscal year. 

10 (B) Information relating to the cost of 

11 each project referred to in subparagraph (A) of 

12 such section. 

13 (C) An identification of the account that 

14 funded each such project, if applicable. 

15 (D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, 

16 that funded each such project. 

17 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 422(a) of the 

18 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 232(a)) is 

19 amended by inserting ‘‘section 411(o)(3) of this Act and’’ 

20 after ‘‘Administrator under’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 715 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

AN ACT 

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

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tivities. conducts certain enforcement and facilitation acentry at which the Office of Field Operations conducting maintenance projects at ports of Border Protection to establish procedures for 

ECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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