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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8150 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8150

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Excessive Vetting 
Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act'' or the ``REVAMP Act''.

SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 411(o) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Port maintenance.--
                    ``(A) Procedures.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding section 
                        3305 of title 40, United States Code, subject 
                        to subparagraph (B), the Commissioner, in 
                        consultation with the Administrator of General 
                        Services--
                                    ``(I) shall establish guidance and 
                                procedures by which U.S. Customs and 
                                Border Protection may conduct 
                                maintenance and repair projects costing 
                                not more than $300,000 in the physical 
                                space at any Federal Government-owned 
                                port of entry at which the Office of 
                                Field Operations performs any of the 
                                activities described in subparagraphs 
                                (A) through (G) of subsection (g)(3); 
                                and
                                    ``(II) is authorized to perform 
                                such maintenance and repair projects, 
                                subject to the procedures described in 
                                clause (ii).
                            ``(ii) Guidance and procedures described.--
                        The guidance and procedures established 
                        pursuant to clause (i) shall include--
                                    ``(I) a description of the types of 
                                projects that may be carried out 
                                pursuant to clause (i); and
                                    ``(II) the procedures for 
                                identifying and addressing any impacts 
                                on other tenants of facilities where 
                                such projects will be carried out.
                            ``(iii) Publication of guidance and 
                        procedures.--The guidance and procedures 
                        established pursuant to clause (i) shall be 
                        published in the Federal Register.
                            ``(iv) Rule of construction.--The 
                        publication of guidance and procedures under 
                        clause (iii) shall not impact the authority of 
                        the Commissioner to update such procedures, in 
                        consultation with the Administrator, as 
                        appropriate.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The authority under subparagraph 
                (A) shall only be available for maintenance and repair 
                projects involving existing infrastructure, property, 
                and capital at any port of entry described in such 
                subparagraph.
                    ``(C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph may be construed to affect the availability 
                of funding from--
                            ``(i) the Federal Buildings Fund 
                        established under section 592 of title 40, 
                        United States Code;
                            ``(ii) the Donation Acceptance Program 
                        established under section 482; or
                            ``(iii) any other statutory authority or 
                        appropriation for projects described in 
                        subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Reporting.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
        Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit 
        to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
        the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives a report that includes the elements 
        described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Elements.--The elements described in this paragraph are 
        the following:
                    (A) A summary of all maintenance projects conducted 
                pursuant to section 411(o)(3) of the Homeland Security 
                Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) during the 
                prior fiscal year.
                    (B) Information relating to the cost of each 
                project referred to in subparagraph (A) of such 
                section.
                    (C) An identification of the account that funded 
                each such project, if applicable.
                    (D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, that 
                funded each such project.
    (c) Technical Amendment.--Section 422(a) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 232(a)) is amended by inserting ``section 
411(o)(3) of this Act and'' 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 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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