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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Customs Border Secu-
rity Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and Commercial
Operations
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for noncommercial operations, com-
mercial operations, and air and marine interdiction.
Sec. 102. Antiterrorist and illicit narcotics detection equipment for the United
States-Mexico border, United States-Canada border, and Flor-
ida and the Gulf Coast seaports.
Sec. 103. Compliance with performance plan requirements.
Subtitle B—Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service
Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations for program to prevent child pornog-
raphy/child sexual exploitation.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 121. Additional Customs Service officers for United States-Canada border.
Sec. 122. Study and report relating to personnel practices of the Customs Serv-
ice.
Sec. 123. Study and report relating to accounting and auditing procedures of
the Customs Service.
Sec. 124. Establishment and implementation of cost accounting system; re-
ports.
Sec. 125. Study and report relating to timeliness of prospective rulings.
Sec. 126. Study and report relating to Customs user fees.
Sec. 127. Fees for Customs inspections at express courier facilities.
Sec. 128. National Customs Automation Program.
Subtitle D—Antiterrorism Provisions
Sec. 141. Immunity for United States officials that act in good faith.
Sec. 142. Emergency adjustments to offices, ports of entry, or staffing of the
Customs Service.
Sec. 143. Mandatory advanced electronic information for cargo and passengers.
Sec. 144. Border search authority for certain contraband in outbound mail.
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Sec. 145. Authorization of appropriations for reestablishment of Customs oper-
ations in New York City.
Subtitle E—Textile Transshipment Provisions
Sec. 151. GAO audit of textile transshipment monitoring by Customs Service.
Sec. 152. Authorization of appropriations for textile transshipment enforcement
operations.
Sec. 153. Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE IV—OTHER TRADE PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Increase in aggregate value of articles exempt from duty acquired
abroad by United States residents.
Sec. 402. Regulatory audit procedures.
TITLE I—UNITED STATES
CUSTOMS SERVICE
Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and
Other Noncommercial and Com-
mercial Operations
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NON-
COMMERCIAL 
OPERATIONS, 
COMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS, AND AIR AND MARINE INTER-
DICTION.
(a) 
NONCOMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS.—Section
301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim-
plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) $899,121,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) 
$1,365,456,000 
for 
fiscal 
year
2003.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) 
$1,399,592,400 
for 
fiscal 
year
2004.’’.
(b) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(b)(2)(A) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act
of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
(A) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $1,606,068,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’;
(B) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) 
$1,642,602,000 
for 
fiscal 
year
2003.’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) 
$1,683,667,050 
for 
fiscal 
year
2004.’’.
(2) AUTOMATED
COMMERCIAL
ENVIRONMENT
COMPUTER SYSTEM.—Of the amount made available
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004 under
section 301(b)(2)(A) of the Customs Procedural Re-
form and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.
2075(b)(2)(A)), as amended by paragraph (1),
$308,000,000 shall be available until expended for
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each such fiscal year for the development, establish-
ment, and implementation of the Automated Com-
mercial Environment computer system.
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later
than each subsequent 90-day period, the Commis-
sioner of Customs shall prepare and submit to the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate a report demonstrating that the develop-
ment and establishment of the Automated Commer-
cial Environment computer system is being carried
out in a cost-effective manner and meets the mod-
ernization requirements of title VI of the North
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act.
(c) AIR
AND
MARINE
INTERDICTION.—Section
301(b)(3) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim-
plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(3)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) $177,860,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) $170,829,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’;
and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) $175,099,725 for fiscal year 2004.’’.
(d) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 301(a) of the Customs Procedural Re-
form and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) By not later than the date on which the Presi-
dent submits to Congress the budget of the United States
Government for a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Cus-
toms shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate the projected amount of funds for
the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the
operations of the Customs Service as provided for in sub-
section (b).’’.
SEC. 102. ANTITERRORIST AND ILLICIT NARCOTICS DETEC-
TION EQUIPMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES-
MEXICO BORDER, UNITED STATES-CANADA
BORDER, 
AND 
FLORIDA 
AND 
THE 
GULF
COAST SEAPORTS.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2002 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of
the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of
1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section
101(a) of this Act, $90,244,000 shall be available until