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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1031

To authorize additional appropriations for the United States Customs Service

for personnel, technology, and infrastructure to expedite the flow of

legal commercial and passenger traffic along the Southwest land border,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 13, 2001

Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To authorize additional appropriations for the United States

Customs Service for personnel, technology, and infrastructure to expedite the flow of legal commercial and

passenger traffic along the Southwest land border, and

for other purposes.

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. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

2 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE FOR EN3 HANCED ACTIVITIES ALONG THE SOUTH4 WEST BORDER.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance border inves6 tigative resources on the Southwest border, intensify ef7 forts against drug smuggling and money laundering orga8 nizations, process cargo, reduce commercial and passenger

9 traffic waiting times, and open all primary lanes during

10 peak hours at ports on the Southwest border, there is au11 thorized to be appropriated for salaries, expenses, and

12 equipment for the United States Customs Service for pur13 poses of carrying out this section—

14 (1) $467,320,000 for fiscal year 2002;

15 (2) $417,832,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

16 (3) such sums as may be necessary in each fis17 cal year thereafter.

18 (b) USE OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2002 FUNDS.—

19 Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by sub20 section (a)(1) for fiscal year 2002, $158,320,000 shall be

21 available until expended for acquisition and other expenses

22 associated with implementation and full deployment of

23 narcotics enforcement, cargo processing, and

24 counterterrorism technology along the Southwest border,

25 including—
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1 (1) $4,600,000 for 4 mobile truck gamma ray

2 systems;

3 (2) $26,600,000 for 14 high energy pallet

4 gamma ray systems;

5 (3) $24,300,000 for 9 higher energy truck x-ray

6 upgrades;

7 (4) $41,300,000 for contract nonintrusive in8 spection equipment operators;

9 (5) $12,000,000 for nonintrusive inspection

10 technology maintenance;

11 (6) $800,000 for expansion of Industry Part12 nership Programs;

13 (7) $1,600,000 for canine kennel construction;

14 (8) $500,000 for replacement of canines;

15 (9) $1,000,000 for automated targeting systems

16 (narcotics) maintenance;

17 (10) $2,500,000 for 10 x-ray vans;

18 (11) $1,500,000 for 15 tool trucks;

19 (12) $3,500,000 to refurbish and maintain ex20 isting x-ray vans and tool trucks;

21 (13) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection kits;

22 (14) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch surveil23 lance camera systems;

24 (15) $1,000,000 for 40 counterspotter surveil25 lance systems;
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1 (16) $2,500,000 for 10 truck license plate read2 er systems;

3 (17) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics particle detec4 tors;

5 (18) $14,800,000 for 29 land border vehicle

6 targeting systems;

7 (19) $3,000,000 for 250 under vehicle inspec8 tion systems;

9 (20) $1,500,000 for 5 outbound passenger fa10 cilities and canopies;

11 (21) $1,500,000 for 300 work station replace12 ments;

13 (22) $3,500,000 for 126 lane installations of

14 Customs Automated Operations System;

15 (23) $5,800,000 for 175 explosive vapor trace

16 detectors;

17 (24) $420,000 for 300 radiation pager detec18 tors;

19 (25) $720,000 for 90 radiation identification

20 devices; and

21 (26) $180,000 for radiation and explosive de22 tection training.

23 (c) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS IN FISCAL YEARS

24 AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2002.—Of the amount authorized

25 to be appropriated by paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection
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1 (a) for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter,

2 $15,832,000 shall be available in each such fiscal year for

3 the maintenance and support of the equipment and train4 ing of personnel to maintain and support the equipment

5 described in subsection (b), based on an estimate of 10

6 percent of the cost of such equipment.

7 (d) NEW TECHNOLOGIES; USE OF FUNDS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Cus9 toms may use the amounts authorized to be appro10 priated for equipment under this section for equip11 ment other than the equipment specified in sub12 section (b) if such other equipment—

13 (A)(i) is technologically superior to the

14 equipment specified in subsection (b); and

15 (ii) will achieve at least the same results at

16 a cost that is the same or less than the equip17 ment specified in subsection (b); or

18 (B) can be obtained at a lower cost than

19 the equipment authorized in paragraphs (1)

20 through (26).

21 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding

22 any other provision of this section, the Commissioner

23 of Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed

24 10 percent of the amount specified in any of para25 graphs (1) through (26) of subsection (b) for equip-
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1 ment specified in any other of such paragraphs (1)

2 through (26).

3 (e) PEAK HOURS AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCE

4 ENHANCEMENT.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro5 priated by subsection (a), $79,000,000 in fiscal year 2002

6 and $172,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall be available

7 for—

8 (1) in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, a net

9 increase of 419 inspectors, 90 special agents, 88 ca10 nine enforcement officers, and 280 general support

11 positions for the Southwest border, in order to re12 duce waiting times at points of entry to no more

13 than 20 minutes and intensify efforts against drug

14 smuggling and money laundering organizations; and

15 (2) the costs incurred as a result of the increase

16 in personnel hired pursuant to this section.

17 (f) PORTS OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE18 MENT.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by

19 subsection (a), $230,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and

20 $230,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall be available for

21 construction, improvement, and expansion of Customs

22 Service facilities at Ports of Entry on the Southwest Bor23 der.

24 (g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS OF

25 APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
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1 priated for the United States Customs Service by sub2 section (a) are in addition to any other amounts author3 ized to be appropriated for the United States Customs

4 Service by law.

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