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Union Calendar No. 674 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

[Report No. 118–824, Part I] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2024 

Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. 

CUELLAR, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 

Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 6, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 6, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 29, 2024] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 Vet5 ting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act’’ or the ‘‘RE6 VAMP Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland Se9 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (4); and 

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

17 section 3305 of title 40, United States Code, 

18 subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 

19 Commissioner, in consultation with the Ad20 ministrator of General Services— 

21 ‘‘(I) shall establish guidance and 

22 procedures by which U.S. Customs and 

23 Border Protection may conduct main24 tenance and repair projects costing not 

25 more than $300,000 in the physical 


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1 space at any Federal Government2 owned port of entry at which the Office 

3 of Field Operations performs any of 

4 the activities described in subpara5 graphs (A) through (G) of subsection 

6 (g)(3); and 

7 ‘‘(II) is authorized to perform 

8 such maintenance and repair projects, 

9 subject to the procedures described in 

10 clause (ii). 

11 ‘‘(ii) GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES DE12 SCRIBED.—The guidance and procedures es13 tablished pursuant to clause (i) shall in14 clude— 

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

16 projects that may be carried out pursu17 ant to clause (i); and 

18 ‘‘(II) the procedures for identi19 fying and addressing any impacts on 

20 other tenants of facilities where such 

21 projects will be carried out. 

22 ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF GUIDANCE AND

23 PROCEDURES.—The guidance and proce24 dures established pursuant to clause (i) 

25 shall be published in the Federal Register. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The 

2 publication of guidance and procedures 

3 under clause (iii) shall not impact the au4 thority of the Commissioner to update such 

5 procedures, in consultation with the Admin6 istrator, as appropriate. 

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

8 subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 

9 maintenance and repair projects involving exist10 ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 

11 port of entry described in subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Com13 missioner shall annually adjust the amount de14 scribed in subparagraph (A) by the percentage 

15 (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for 

16 All Urban Consumers for the month of June pre17 ceding the date on which such adjustment takes 

18 effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index for All 

19 Urban Consumers for the same month of the pre20 ceding calendar year. 

21 ‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

22 this paragraph may be construed to affect the 

23 availability of funding from— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund estab2 lished under section 592 of title 40, United 

3 States Code; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the Donation Acceptance Pro5 gram established under section 482; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) any other statutory authority or 

7 appropriation for projects described in sub8 paragraph (A).’’. 

9 (b) REPORTING.— 

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

11 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

12 thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

13 Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on 

14 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

15 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen16 ate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

17 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ap18 propriations of the House of Representatives a report 

19 that includes the elements described in paragraph (2). 

20 (2) ELEMENTS.—The elements described in this 

21 paragraph are the following: 

22 (A) A summary of all maintenance projects 

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

24 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 

25 subsection (a). during the prior fiscal year. 


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1 (B) Information relating to the cost of each 

2 project referred to in subparagraph (A). 

3 (C) An identification of the account that 

4 funded each such project, if applicable. 

5 (D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, 

6 that funded each such project. 

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

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

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

10 after ‘‘Administrator under’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 674 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

[Report No. 118–824, Part I] 

A BILL 

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

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 

DECEMBER 6, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

D

with an amendment 

ECEMBER 6, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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