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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4441 

To amend titles 49 and 10, United States Code, to provide for the authority 

of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border protection with respect 

to national security determinations concerning wind turbines proposed 

to be constructed in the United States in bodies of water that border 

Canada, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 

Mr. COLLINS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 

to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 

A BILL 

To amend titles 49 and 10, United States Code, to provide 

for the authority of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

and Border protection with respect to national security 

determinations concerning wind turbines proposed to be 

constructed in the United States in bodies of water that 

border Canada, 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. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION DE2 TERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO WIND 

3 TURBINES PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED 

4 IN UNITED STATES WATER BORDERING CAN5 ADA. 

6 (a) INCLUSION OF CBP IN CERTAIN NATIONAL SE7 CURITY DETERMINATIONS.—Section 44718 of title 49, 

8 United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(3) by inserting ‘‘, and in 

10 the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commis11 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’’ 

12 after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, and in the case 

17 of a covered wind turbine, the Commis18 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec19 tion’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

21 ‘‘, and in the case of a covered wind tur22 bine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

23 and Border Protection,’’ after ‘‘Secretary 

24 of Defense’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, and 

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1 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec2 tion,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, and 

4 in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Com5 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec6 tion,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, and in the 

8 case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of 

9 U.S. Customs and Border Protection,’’ after ‘‘Sec10 retary of Defense’’; and 

11 (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) COVERED WIND TURBINE.—The term ‘cov14 ered wind turbine’ means a wind turbine proposed to 

15 be constructed in the United States in a body of 

16 water that borders Canada.’’. 

17 (b) DOD CONSULTATION WITH CBP.—Section 

18 183a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

19 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(5) In the case of an energy project filed with the 

21 Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of 

22 title 19 for the proposed construction of a wind turbine 

23 in a location in the United States in a body of water that 

24 borders Canada, the Secretary of Defense shall consult 


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1 with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border pro2 tection in carrying out this subsection.’’. 

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