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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3903 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2022 

Mr. LANKFORD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. PORT MAINTENANCE. 

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

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

6 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para7 graph (4); and 


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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—Subject to subpara5 graphs (B) and (C), the Commissioner shall es6 tablish procedures by which U.S. Customs and 

7 Border Protection may conduct maintenance 

8 and repair projects costing not more than 

9 $300,000 at any port of entry where the Office 

10 of Field Operations performs any of the activi11 ties described in subparagraphs (A) through 

12 (G) of subsection (g)(3). 

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

14 subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 

15 maintenance and repair projects involving exist16 ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 

17 port of entry described in subparagraph (A). 

18 ‘‘(C) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Com19 missioner shall annually adjust the amount de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) by the percentage 

21 (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for 

22 All Urban Consumers for the month of June 

23 preceding the date on which such adjustment 

24 takes effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index 


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1 for All Urban Consumers for the same month 

2 of the preceding calendar year. 

3 ‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

4 in this paragraph may be construed to affect 

5 the availability of funding from— 

6 ‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund es7 tablished under section 592 of title 40, 

8 United States Code; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the Donation Acceptance Pro10 gram established under section 482; or 

11 ‘‘(iii) any other statutory authority or 

12 appropriation for projects described in sub13 paragraph (A).’’. 

14 (b) REPORTING.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

17 thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

18 Border Protection shall submit a report to the Com19 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af20 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Appropria21 tions of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Se22 curity of the House of Representatives, and the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives that includes the elements described in 

25 paragraph (2). 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 (A) a summary of all maintenance projects 

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

5 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 

6 subsection (a) during the prior fiscal year; 

7 (B) the cost of each project referred to in 

8 subparagraph (A); 

9 (C) the account that funded each such 

10 project, if applicable; and 

11 (D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, 

12 that funded each such project. 

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

14 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 232(a)) is 

15 amended by inserting ‘‘section 411(o)(3) of this Act and’’ 

16 after ‘‘Administrator under’’. 

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