II

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 689

To authorize appropriations for the United States Customs Service for fiscal

years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 23, 1999

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the United States Customs

Service for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Border

5 Protection Act of 1999’’.
2

•S 689 IS

1 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF

2 APPROPRIATIONS FOR

3 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS

4 SERVICE FOR ENHANCED IN5 SPECTION, TRADE FACILITA6 TION, AND DRUG INTERDIC7 TION

8 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 (a) DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER NONCOMMER10 CIAL OPERATIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec11 tion 301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and

12 Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A) and

13 (B)) are amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(A) $1,019,608,384 for fiscal year 2000.

15 ‘‘(B) $1,111,450,668 for fiscal year

16 2001.’’.

17 (b) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—Clauses (i) and (ii)

18 of section 301(b)(2)(A) of such Act (19 U.S.C.

19 2075(b)(2)(A)(i) and (ii)) are amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(i) $990,030,000 for fiscal year 2000.

21 ‘‘(ii) $1,009,312,000 for fiscal year

22 2001.’’.

23 (c) AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION.—Subpara24 graphs (A) and (B) of section 301(b)(3) of such Act (19
3

•S 689 IS

1 U.S.C. 2075(b)(3)(A) and (B)) are amended to read as

2 follows:

3 ‘‘(A) $229,001,000 for fiscal year 2000.

4 ‘‘(B) $176,967,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.

5 (d) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC6 TIONS.—Section 301(a) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2075(a))

7 is amended by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President

9 submits to Congress the budget of the United States Gov10 ernment for a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Customs

11 shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the

12 House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance

13 of the Senate the projected amount of funds for the suc14 ceeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the operations

15 of the Customs Service as provided for in subsection (b).’’.

16 SEC. 102. CARGO INSPECTION AND NARCOTICS DETECTION

17 EQUIPMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES-MEX18 ICO BORDER, UNITED STATES-CANADA BOR19 DER, AND FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEA20 PORTS.

21 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—Of the amounts made avail22 able for fiscal year 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of

23 the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of

24 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section

25 101(a) of this Act, $100,036,000 shall be available until
4

•S 689 IS

1 expended for acquisition and other expenses associated

2 with implementation and deployment of narcotics detec3 tion equipment along the United States-Mexico border, the

4 United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf

5 Coast seaports, as follows:

6 (1) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.—For the

7 United States-Mexico border, the following:

8 (A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Con9 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).

10 (B) $11,000,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays

11 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

12 (C) $12,000,000 for the upgrade of 8

13 fixed-site truck x-rays from the present energy

14 level of 450,000 electron volts to 1,000,000

15 electron volts (1–MeV).

16 (D) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.

17 (E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contra18 band detectors (busters) to be distributed

19 among ports where the current allocations are

20 inadequate.

21 (F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection

22 kits to be distributed among all southwest bor23 der ports based on traffic volume.

24 (G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container

25 inspection units to be distributed among all
5

•S 689 IS

1 ports receiving liquid-filled cargo and to ports

2 with a hazardous material inspection facility.

3 (H) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting

4 systems.

5 (I) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator sys6 tems to be distributed to those ports where port

7 runners are a threat.

8 (J) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury En9 forcement Communications Systems (TECS)

10 terminals to be moved among ports as needed.

11 (K) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch sur12 veillance camera systems at ports where there

13 are suspicious activities at loading docks, vehi14 cle queues, secondary inspection lanes, or areas

15 where visual surveillance or observation is ob16 scured.

17 (L) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion

18 sensors to be distributed among the ports with

19 the greatest volume of outbound traffic.

20 (M) $180,000 for 36 AM traffic informa21 tion radio stations, with 1 station to be located

22 at each border crossing.

23 (N) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle

24 counters to be installed at every inbound vehicle

25 lane.
6

•S 689 IS

1 (O) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera sys2 tems to counter the surveillance of customs in3 spection activities by persons outside the bound4 aries of ports where such surveillance activities

5 are occurring.

6 (P) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial

7 truck transponders to be distributed to all ports

8 of entry.

9 (Q) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and

10 particle detectors to be distributed to each bor11 der crossing.

12 (R) $400,000 for license plate reader auto13 matic targeting software to be installed at each

14 port to target inbound vehicles.

15 (S) $1,000,000 for a demonstration site

16 for a high-energy relocatable rail car inspection

17 system with an x-ray source switchable from

18 2,000,000 electron volts (2–MeV) to 6,000,000

19 electron volts (6–MeV) at a shared Department

20 of Defense testing facility for a two-month test21 ing period.

22 (2) UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER.—For the

23 United States-Canada border, the following:

24 (A) $3,000,000 for 4 Vehicle and Con25 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
7

•S 689 IS

1 (B) $8,800,000 for 4 mobile truck x-rays

2 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

3 (C) $3,600,000 for 4 1–MeV pallet x-rays.

4 (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband

5 detectors (busters) to be distributed among

6 ports where the current allocations are inad7 equate.

8 (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection

9 kits to be distributed among ports based on

10 traffic volume.

11 (F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury

12 Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS)

13 terminals to be moved among ports as needed.

14 (G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and

15 particle detectors to be distributed to each bor16 der crossing based on traffic volume.

17 (H) $600,000 for 30 fiber optic scopes.

18 (I) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband

19 detectors (busters) to be distributed among

20 ports where the current allocations are inad21 equate.

22 (J) $3,000,000 for 10 x-ray vans with par23 ticle detectors.

24 (K) $40,000 for 8 AM loop radio systems.

25 (L) $400,000 for 100 vehicle counters.
8

•S 689 IS

1 (M) $1,200,000 for 12 examination tool

2 trucks.

3 (N) $2,400,000 for 3 dedicated commuter

4 lanes.

5 (O) $1,050,000 for 3 automated targeting

6 systems.

7 (P) $572,000 for 26 weigh-in-motion sen8 sors.

9 (Q) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury

10 Enforcement Communication Systems (TECS).

11 (3) FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS.—

12 For Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, the fol13 lowing:

14 (A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Con15 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).

16 (B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays

17 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

18 (C) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.

19 (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband

20 detectors (busters) to be distributed among

21 ports where the current allocations are inad22 equate.

23 (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection

24 kits to be distributed among ports based on

25 traffic volume.
9

•S 689 IS

1 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail2 able for fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of

3 the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of

4 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section

5 101(a) of this Act, $9,923,500 shall be for the mainte6 nance and support of the equipment and training of per7 sonnel to maintain and support the equipment described

8 in subsection (a).

9 (c) ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR

10 EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Cus12 toms may use amounts made available for fiscal year

13 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the Customs

14 Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978

15 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section

16 101(a) of this Act, for the acquisition of equipment

17 other than the equipment described in subsection (a)

18 if such other equipment—

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

20 equipment described in subsection (a); and

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

22 a cost that is the same or less than the equip23 ment described in subsection (a); or

24 (B) is technologically equivalent to the

25 equipment described in subsection (a) and can
10

•S 689 IS

1 be obtained at a lower cost than the equipment

2 described in subsection (a).

3 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding

4 any other provision of this section, the Commissioner

5 of Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed

6 10 percent of—

7 (A) the amount specified in any of sub8 paragraphs (A) through (R) of subsection

9 (a)(1) for equipment specified in any other of

10 such subparagraphs (A) through (R);

11 (B) the amount specified in any of sub12 paragraphs (A) through (Q) of subsection

13 (a)(2) for equipment specified in any other of

14 such subparagraphs (A) through (Q); and

15 (C) the amount specified in any of sub16 paragraphs (A) through (E) of subsection

17 (a)(3) for equipment specified in any other of

18 such subparagraphs (A) through (E).

19 SEC. 103. PEAK HOURS AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCE EN20 HANCEMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES-MEX21 ICO AND UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDERS,

22 FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS, AND

23 THE BAHAMAS.

24 Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2000

25 and 2001 under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
11

•S 689 IS

1 301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim2 plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A) and

3 (B)), as amended by section 101(a) of this Act,

4 $181,864,800 for fiscal year 2000 (including $5,673,600

5 until expended for investigative equipment) and

6 $230,983,340 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available for

7 the following:

8 (1) A net increase of 535 inspectors, 120 spe9 cial agents, and 10 intelligence analysts for the

10 United States-Mexico border, and 375 inspectors for

11 the United States-Canada border, in order to open

12 all primary lanes on such borders during peak hours

13 and enhance investigative resources.

14 (2) A net increase of 285 inspectors and canine

15 enforcement officers to be distributed at large cargo

16 facilities as needed to process and screen cargo (in17 cluding rail cargo) and reduce commercial waiting

18 times on the United States-Mexico border and a net

19 increase of 125 inspectors to be distributed at large

20 cargo facilities as needed to process and screen

21 cargo (including rail cargo) and reduce commercial

22 waiting times on the United States-Canada border.

23 (3) A net increase of 40 special agents and 10

24 intelligence analysts to facilitate the activities of the
12

•S 689 IS

1 additional inspectors authorized under paragraphs

2 (1) and (2).

3 (4) A net increase of 40 inspectors at sea ports

4 in southeast Florida to process and screen cargo.

5 (5) A net increase of 70 special agent positions,

6 23 intelligence analyst positions, 9 support staff po7 sitions, and the necessary equipment to enhance in8 vestigation efforts targeted at internal conspiracies

9 at the Nation’s seaports.

10 (6) A net increase of 360 special agents, 30 in11 telligence analysts, and additional resources to be

12 distributed among offices that have jurisdiction over

13 major metropolitan drug or narcotics distribution

14 and transportation centers for intensification of ef15 forts against drug smuggling and money-laundering

16 organizations.

17 (7) A net increase of 2 special agent positions

18 to re-establish a Customs Attache office in Nassau.

19 (8) A net increase of 62 special agent positions

20 and 8 intelligence analyst positions for maritime

21 smuggling investigations and interdiction operations.

22 (9) A net increase of 50 positions and addi23 tional resources to the Office of Internal Affairs to

24 enhance investigative resources for anticorruption ef25 forts.
13

•S 689 IS

1 (10) The costs incurred as a result of the in2 crease in personnel hired pursuant to this section.

3 SEC. 104. AGENT ROTATIONS; ELIMINATION OF BACKLOG

4 OF BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.

5 Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2000

6 and 2001 under section 301(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Cus7 toms Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978

8 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1) (A) and (B)), as amended by sec9 tion 101(a) of this Act, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2000

10 (including $10,000,000 until expended) and $6,000,000

11 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available to—

12 (1) provide additional funding to clear the

13 backlog of existing background investigations and to

14 provide for background investigations during ex15 traordinary recruitment activities of the agency; and

16 (2) provide for the interoffice transfer of up to

17 100 special agents, including costs related to reloca18 tions, between the Office of Investigations and Office

19 of Internal Affairs, at the discretion of the Commis20 sioner of Customs.

21 SEC. 105. AIR AND MARINE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

22 FUNDING.

23 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—Of the amounts made avail24 able for fiscal year 2000 under subparagraphs (A) and

25 (B) of section 301(b)(3) of the Customs Procedural Re-
14

•S 689 IS

1 form and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.

2 2075(b)(3) (A) and (B)) as amended by section 101(c)

3 of this Act, $130,513,000 shall be available until expended

4 for the following:

5 (1) $96,500,000 for Customs Service aircraft

6 restoration and replacement initiative.

7 (2) $15,000,000 for increased air interdiction

8 and investigative support activities.

9 (3) $19,013,000 for marine vessel replacement

10 and related equipment.

11 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail12 able for fiscal year 2001 under subparagraphs (A) and

13 (B) of section 301(b)(3) of the Customs Procedural Re14 form and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.

15 2075(b)(3) (A) and (B)) as amended by section 101(c)

16 of this Act, $75,524,000 shall be available until expended

17 for the following:

18 (1) $36,500,000 for Customs Service aircraft

19 restoration and replacement.

20 (2) $15,000,000 for increased air interdiction

21 and investigative support activities.

22 (3) $24,024,000 for marine vessel replacement

23 and related equipment.
15

•S 689 IS

1 SEC. 106. COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE PLAN RE2 QUIREMENTS.

3 As part of the annual performance plan for each of

4 fiscal years 2000 and 2001 covering each program activity

5 set forth in the budget of the United States Customs Serv6 ice, as required under section 1115 of title 31, United

7 States Code, the Commissioner of Customs shall establish

8 performance goals and performance indicators, and com9 ply with all other requirements contained in paragraphs

10 (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of such section with re11 spect to each of the activities to be carried out pursuant

12 to sections 102 and 103 of this Act.

13 SEC. 107. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS SALARY.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—

15 (1) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code,

16 is amended by striking the following item:

17 ‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of

18 Treasury.’’.

19 (2) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code,

20 is amended by inserting the following item:

21 ‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of

22 Treasury.’’.

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

24 this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
16

•S 689 IS

1 SEC. 108. PASSENGER PRECLEARANCE SERVICES.

2 (a) CONTINUATION OF PRECLEARANCE SERVICES.—

3 Notwithstanding section 13031(f) of the Consolidated

4 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C.

5 58c(f)) or any other provision of law, the Customs Service

6 shall, without regard to whether a passenger processing

7 fee is collected from a person departing for the United

8 States from Canada and without regard to whether funds

9 are appropriated pursuant to subsection (b), provide the

10 same level of enhanced preclearance customs services for

11 passengers arriving in the United States aboard commer12 cial aircraft originating in Canada as the Customs Service

13 provided for such passengers during fiscal year 1997.

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

15 PRECLEARANCE SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section

16 13031(f) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili17 ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)) or any other provi18 sion of law, there are authorized to be appropriated, from

19 the date of the enactment of this Act through September

20 30, 2001, such sums as may be necessary for the Customs

21 Service to ensure that it will continue to provide the same,

22 and where necessary increased, levels of enhanced

23 preclearance customs services as the Customs Service pro24 vided during fiscal year 1997, in connection with the ar25 rival in the United States of passengers aboard commer26 cial aircraft whose flights originated in Canada.
17

•S 689 IS

1 TITLE II—CUSTOMS

2 PERFORMANCE REPORT

3 SEC. 201. CUSTOMS PERFORMANCE REPORT.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of

6 Customs shall prepare and submit to the appropriate com7 mittees the report described in subsection (b).

8 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in

9 this subsection shall include the following:

10 (1) IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTIVES; ESTAB11 LISHMENT OF PRIORITIES.—

12 (A) An outline of the means the Customs

13 Service intends to use to identify enforcement

14 priorities and trade facilitation objectives.

15 (B) The reasons for selecting the objectives

16 contained in the most recent plan submitted by

17 the Customs Service pursuant to section 1115

18 of title 31, United States Code.

19 (C) The performance standards against

20 which the appropriate committees can assess

21 the efforts of the Customs Service in reaching

22 the goals outlined in the plan described in sub23 paragraph (B).

24 (D) A model for—
18

•S 689 IS

1 (i) improving the Customs Service’s

2 ability to identify violations of Customs

3 policies and procedures and related civil

4 and criminal statutes; and

5 (ii) ensuring the effective, efficient,

6 and equitable administration of discipline

7 throughout the Customs Service.

8 (2) IMPLEMENTATION OF CUSTOMS MOD9 ERNIZATION ACT.—

10 (A) A review of the Customs Service’s im11 plementation of title VI of the North American

12 Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act,

13 commonly known as the ‘‘Customs Moderniza14 tion Act’’, and the reasons why elements of that

15 Act, if any, have not been implemented.

16 (B) A review of the effectiveness of the in17 formed compliance strategy in obtaining higher

18 levels of compliance, particularly compliance by

19 those industries that have been the focus of the

20 most intense efforts by the Customs Service to

21 ensure compliance with the Customs Moderniza22 tion Act.

23 (C) A summary of the results of the re24 views of the initial industry-wide compliance as25 sessments conducted by the Customs Service as
19

•S 689 IS

1 part of the agency’s informed compliance initia2 tive.

3 (3) IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL OPER4 ATIONS.—

5 (A) Identification of standards to be used

6 in assessing the performance and efficiency of

7 the commercial operations of the Customs Serv8 ice, including entry and inspection procedures,

9 classification, valuation, country-of-origin deter10 minations, and duty drawback determinations.

11 (B) Proposals for—

12 (i) improving the performance of the

13 commercial operations of the Customs

14 Service, particularly the functions de15 scribed in subparagraph (A), and

16 (ii) eliminating lengthy delays in ob17 taining rulings and other forms of guid18 ance on United States customs law, regula19 tions, procedures, or policies.

20 (C) Alternative strategies for ensuring that

21 United States importers, exporters, customs

22 brokers, and other members of the trade com23 munity have the information necessary to com24 ply with the customs laws of the United States
20

•S 689 IS

1 and to conduct their business operations ac2 cordingly.

3 (4) REVIEW OF ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBIL4 ITIES.—

5 (A) A review of the enforcement respon6 sibilities of the Customs Service.

7 (B) An assessment of the degree to which

8 the current functions of the Customs Service

9 overlap with the functions of other agencies and

10 an identification of ways in which the Customs

11 Service can avoid duplication of effort.

12 (C) A description of the methods used to

13 ensure against misuse of personal search au14 thority with respect to persons entering the

15 United States at authorized ports of entry.

16 (5) STRATEGY FOR COMPREHENSIVE DRUG

17 INTERDICTION.—

18 (A) A comprehensive strategy for the Cus19 toms Service’s role in United States drug inter20 diction efforts.

21 (B) Identification of the respective roles of

22 cooperating agencies, such as the Drug En23 forcement Administration, the Federal Bureau

24 of Investigation, the Coast Guard, and the in25 telligence community, including—
21

•S 689 IS

1 (i) identification of the functions that

2 can best be performed by the Customs

3 Service and the functions that can best be

4 performed by agencies other than the Cus5 toms Service; and

6 (ii) a description of how the Customs

7 Service plans to allocate the additional

8 drug interdiction resources authorized by

9 this Act.

10 (6) ENHANCEMENT OF COOPERATION WITH

11 THE TRADE COMMUNITY.—

12 (A) Identification of ways to expand co13 operation with United States importers and

14 customs brokers, United States and foreign car15 riers, and other members of the international

16 trade and transportation communities in order

17 to improve the detection of contraband before it

18 leaves a foreign port destined for the United

19 States.

20 (B) Identification of ways to enhance the

21 flow of information between the Customs Serv22 ice and industry in order to—

23 (i) achieve greater awareness of po24 tential compliance threats;
22

•S 689 IS

1 (ii) improve the design and efficiency

2 of the commercial operations of the Cus3 toms Service;

4 (iii) foster account-based manage5 ment;

6 (iv) eliminate unnecessary and bur7 densome regulations; and

8 (v) establish standards for industry

9 compliance with customs laws.

10 (7) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—

11 (A) An outline of the basis for the current

12 allocation of inspection and investigative per13 sonnel by the Customs Service.

14 (B) Identification of the steps to be taken

15 to ensure that the Customs Service can detect

16 any misallocation of the resources described in

17 subparagraph (A) among various ports and a

18 description of what means the Customs Service

19 has for reallocating resources within the agency

20 in order to meet particular enforcement de21 mands or commercial operations needs.

22 (8) AUTOMATION AND INFORMATION TECH23 NOLOGY.—

24 (A) Identification of the automation needs

25 of the Customs Service, an explanation of the
23

•S 689 IS

1 current state of the Automated Commercial

2 System, and the status of implementing a re3 placement for that system.

4 (B) A comprehensive strategy for reaching

5 the technology goals of the Customs Service,

6 including—

7 (i) an explanation of the proposed ar8 chitecture of any replacement for the Auto9 mated Commercial System and how the ar10 chitecture of the proposed replacement sys11 tem best serves the core functions of the

12 Customs Service;

13 (ii) identification of public and private

14 sector automation projects that are com15 parable and that can be used as a bench16 mark against which to judge the progress

17 of the Customs Service in meeting its tech18 nology goals;

19 (iii) an estimate of the total cost for

20 each automation project currently under21 way at the Customs Service and a time22 table for the implementation of each

23 project; and

24 (iv) a summary of the options for fi25 nancing each automation project.
24

•S 689 IS

1 (9) PERSONNEL POLICIES.—

2 (A) An overview of current personnel prac3 tices, including a description of—

4 (i) performance standards;

5 (ii) the criteria for promotion and ter6 mination;

7 (iii) the process for investigating com8 plaints of bias and sexual harassment;

9 (iv) the criteria used for conducting

10 internal investigations;

11 (v) the protection, if any, that is pro12 vided for whistleblowers; and

13 (vi) the methods used to discover and

14 eliminate corruption within the Customs

15 Service.

16 (B) Identification of workforce needs for

17 the future and training needed to ensure Cus18 toms Service personnel stay abreast of develop19 ments in international business operations and

20 international trade that affect the operations of

21 the Customs Service, including identification of

22 any situations in which current personnel poli23 cies or practices may impede achievement of the

24 goals of the Customs Service with respect to

25 both enforcement and commercial operations.
25

•S 689 IS

1 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—For purposes of

2 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees’’ means the

3 Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee

4 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

Æ