118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

4 ‘‘REVAMP Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE. 

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

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

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para9 graph (4); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

15 section 3305 of title 40, United States 

16 Code, subject to subparagraph (B), the 

17 Commissioner, in consultation with the Ad18 ministrator of General Services— 

19 ‘‘(I) shall establish guidance and 

20 procedures by which U.S. Customs 

21 and Border Protection may conduct 

22 maintenance and repair projects cost23 ing not more than $300,000 in the 

24 physical space at any Federal Govern25 ment-owned port of entry at which the 

26 Office of Field Operations performs 
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1 any of the activities described in sub2 paragraphs (A) through (G) of sub3 section (g)(3); and 

4 ‘‘(II) is authorized to perform 

5 such maintenance and repair projects, 

6 subject to the procedures described in 

7 clause (ii). 

8 ‘‘(ii) GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES

9 DESCRIBED.—The guidance and proce10 dures established pursuant to clause (i) 

11 shall include— 

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

13 projects that may be carried out pur14 suant to clause (i); and 

15 ‘‘(II) the procedures for identi16 fying and addressing any impacts on 

17 other tenants of facilities where such 

18 projects will be carried out. 

19 ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF GUIDANCE

20 AND PROCEDURES.—The guidance and 

21 procedures established pursuant to clause 

22 (i) shall be published in the Federal Reg23 ister. 

24 ‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The 

25 publication of guidance and procedures 
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1 under clause (iii) shall not impact the au2 thority of the Commissioner to update such 

3 procedures, in consultation with the Ad4 ministrator, as appropriate. 

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

6 subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 

7 maintenance and repair projects involving exist8 ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 

9 port of entry described in such subparagraph. 

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

11 in this paragraph may be construed to affect 

12 the availability of funding from— 

13 ‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund es14 tablished under section 592 of title 40, 

15 United States Code; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Donation Acceptance Pro17 gram established under section 482; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) any other statutory authority or 

19 appropriation for projects described in sub20 paragraph (A).’’. 

21 (b) REPORTING.— 

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

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an24 nually thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

25 and Border Protection shall submit to the Com-
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1 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af2 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Appropria3 tions of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Se4 curity of the House of Representatives, and the 

5 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives a report that includes the elements de7 scribed in paragraph (2). 

8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The elements described in 

9 this paragraph are the following: 

10 (A) A summary of all maintenance projects 

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

12 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 

13 subsection (a) during the prior fiscal year. 

14 (B) Information relating to the cost of 

15 each project referred to in subparagraph (A) of 

16 such section. 

17 (C) An identification of the account that 

18 funded each such project, if applicable. 

19 (D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, 

20 that funded each such project. 

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

22 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 232(a)) is 
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1 amended by inserting ‘‘section 411(o)(3) of this Act and’’ 

2 after ‘‘Administrator under’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8150 

AN ACT 

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