118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8150 
AN ACT 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Excessive 
Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act’’ or the 
‘‘REVAMP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PORT MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland 
Security 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 new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PORT MAINTENANCE.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 3305 of title 40, United States 
Code, subject to subparagraph (B), 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 
maintenance and repair projects cost-
ing not more than $300,000 in the 
physical space at any Federal Govern-
ment-owned port of entry at which the 
Office of Field Operations performs
any of the activities described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G) of sub-
section (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 
DESCRIBED.—The guidance and proce-
dures 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
GUIDANCE 
AND
PROCEDURES.—The guidance and 
procedures established pursuant to clause 
(i) shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(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 Ad-
ministrator, 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 such subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) 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 one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and an-
nually thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall submit to the Com-
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 a report that includes the elements de-
scribed 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. 
(B) Information relating to the cost of 
each project referred to in subparagraph (A) of 
such section. 
(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’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.