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Union Calendar No. 674 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8150 
[Report No. 118–824, Part I] 
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 
DECEMBER 6, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 6, 2024 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 29, 2024] 
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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. 
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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 ‘‘Reducing Excessive Vet-
ting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act’’ or the ‘‘RE-
VAMP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended— 
(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.—Notwithstanding 
section 3305 of title 40, United States Code, 
subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 
Commissioner, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of General Services— 
‘‘(I) shall establish guidance and 
procedures by which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection may conduct main-
tenance and repair projects costing not 
more than $300,000 in the physical 
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space at any Federal Government- 
owned port of entry at which 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). 
‘‘(ii) GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES DE-
SCRIBED.—The guidance and procedures es-
tablished pursuant to clause (i) shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) a description of the types of 
projects that may be carried out pursu-
ant 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 GUIDANCE AND 
PROCEDURES.—The guidance and proce-
dures established pursuant to clause (i) 
shall be published in the Federal Register. 
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‘‘(iv) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The 
publication of guidance and procedures 
under clause (iii) shall not impact the au-
thority of the Commissioner to update such 
procedures, in consultation with the Admin-
istrator, as appropriate. 
‘‘(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). 
‘‘(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 pre-
ceding the date on which such adjustment takes 
effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers for the same month of the pre-
ceding calendar year. 
‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this paragraph may be construed to affect the 
availability of funding from— 
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‘‘(i) the Federal Buildings Fund estab-
lished 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 one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives a report 
that includes the elements described in paragraph (2). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The elements described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
(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. 
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(B) Information relating to the cost of each 
project referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(C) An identification of the account that 
funded each such project, if applicable. 
(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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Union Calendar No. 674 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8150 
[Report No. 118–824, Part I] 
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 ac-
tivities. 
DECEMBER 6, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
with an amendment 
DECEMBER 6, 2024 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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