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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8150 
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 enforce-
ment and facilitation activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2024 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to establish procedures for conducting mainte-
nance 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PORT MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), the Commis-
sioner, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of General Services— 
‘‘(I) shall establish procedures by 
which U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection may conduct maintenance and 
repair projects costing not more than 
$300,000 at any Federal Government- 
owned port of entry where the Office 
of Field Operations performs any of 
the activities described in subpara-
graphs (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). 
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‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES DESCRIBED.—The 
procedures established pursuant to clause 
(i) shall include— 
‘‘(I) a description of the types of 
projects that may be carried out pur-
suant to clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) the procedures for identi-
fying and addressing any impacts on 
other tenants of facilities where such 
projects will be carried out. 
‘‘(iii) 
PUBLICATION
OF
PROCE-
DURES.—All of the procedures established 
pursuant to clause (i) shall be published in 
the Federal Register. 
‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The 
publication of procedures under clause (iii) 
shall not impact the authority of the Com-
missioner to update such procedures, in 
consultation with the Administrator, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The authority under 
subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 
maintenance and repair projects involving exist-
ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 
port of entry described in subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(C) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Com-
missioner shall annually adjust the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) by the percentage 
(if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for 
All Urban Consumers for the month of June 
preceding the date on which such adjustment 
takes effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers for the same month 
of the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph may be construed to affect 
the availability of funding from— 
‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund es-
tablished under section 592 of title 40, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(ii) the Donation Acceptance Pro-
gram established under section 482; or 
‘‘(iii) any other statutory authority or 
appropriation for projects described in sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall submit a report to the Com-
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mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives that includes the elements described in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(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) the cost of each project referred to in 
subparagraph (A); 
(C) the account that funded each such 
project, if applicable; and 
(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’’. 
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