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(3) such sums as may be necessary in each fiscal
year thereafter.
(b) USE OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 1999 FUNDS.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) for fiscal year 1999 for the United States Customs
Service, $48,404,000 shall be available until expended for
acquisition and other expenses associated with implementa-
tion and full deployment of narcotics enforcement and cargo
processing technology along the land borders of the United
States, including—
(1) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Container In-
spection Systems (VACIS);
(2) $11,000,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays with
transmission and backscatter imaging;
(3) $12,000,000 for the upgrade of 8 fixed-site
truck x-rays from the present energy level of 450,000
electron volts to 1,000,000 electron volts (1–MeV);
(4) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays;
(5) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contraband de-
tectors (busters) to be distributed among ports where
the current allocations are inadequate;
(6) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection kits to
be distributed among border ports based on traffic
volume and need as identified by the Customs Service;
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(7) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container inspec-
tion units to be distributed among ports receiving liq-
uid-filled cargo and ports with a hazardous material
inspection facility, based on need as identified by the
Customs Service;
(8) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting sys-
tems;
(9) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator systems to
be distributed to those ports where port runners are
a threat;
(10) $480,000 for 20 Portable Treasury Enforce-
ment Communications System (TECS) terminals to
be moved among ports as needed;
(11) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch surveillance
camera systems at ports where there are suspicious
activities at loading docks, vehicle queues, secondary
inspection lanes, or areas where visual surveillance or
observation is obscured, based on need as identified by
the Customs Service;
(12) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion sensors
to be distributed among the ports on the Southwest
border with the greatest volume of outbound traffic;
(13) $180,000 for 36 AM radio ‘‘Welcome to the
United States’’ stations, with one station to be located
at each border crossing point on the Southwest border;
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(14) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle counters
to be installed at every inbound vehicle lane on the
Southwest border;
(15) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera systems to
counter the surveillance of Customs inspection activi-
ties by persons outside the boundaries of ports where
such surveillance activities are occurring;
(16) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial truck
transponders to be distributed to all ports of entry on
the Southwest border;
(17) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and par-
ticle detectors to be distributed to each border crossing
on the Southwest border; and
(18) $400,000 for license plate reader automatic
targeting software to be installed at each port on the
Southwest border to target inbound vehicles.
(c) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS AFTER FISCAL YEAR
1999.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) for the United
States Customs Service for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal
year thereafter, $4,840,400 shall be for the maintenance and
support of the equipment and training of personnel to
maintain and support the equipment described in sub-
section (b), based on an estimate of 10 percent of the cost
of such equipment.
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(d) USE OF FUNDS FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Customs
may use the amounts authorized to be appropriated
for equipment under this section for equipment other
than the equipment specified in subsection (b) if such
other equipment—
(A)(i) is technologically superior to the
equipment specified in subsection (b); and
(ii) will achieve at least the same results at
a cost that is the same or less than the equip-
ment specified in subsection (b); or
(B) can be obtained at a lower cost than the
equipment authorized in paragraphs (1) through
(18) of subsection (b).
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, the Commissioner of
Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed 10
percent of the amount specified in paragraphs (1)
through (18) of subsection (b) for any other equip-
ment specified in such paragraphs.
(e) PEAK HOURS AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCE EN-
HANCEMENT.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for
the United States Customs Service for fiscal years 1999 and
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2000, $112,844,584 in fiscal year 1999 and $180,910,928
for fiscal year 2000 shall be for—
(1) a net increase of 535 inspectors and 60 spe-
cial agents for the Southwest border and 375 inspec-
tors for the Northern border, in order to open all pri-
mary lanes on the Southwest and Northern borders
during peak hours and enhance investigative re-
sources;
(2) a net increase of 285 inspectors and canine
enforcement officers to be distributed at large cargo
facilities as needed to process and screen cargo (in-
cluding rail cargo) and reduce commercial waiting
times on the land borders of the United States;
(3) a net increase of 360 special agents, 40 intel-
ligence analysts, and additional resources to be dis-
tributed among offices that have jurisdiction over
major metropolitan drug or narcotics distribution
and transportation centers for intensification of ef-
forts against drug smuggling and money-laundering
organizations;
(4) a net increase of 50 positions and additional
resources to the Office of Internal Affairs to enhance
investigative resources for anticorruption efforts; and