I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1833
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the United
States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other operations, for
the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United
States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001
for the United States Customs Service for drug interdic-
tion and other operations, for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for the United States Inter-
national Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Trade Agency Author-
izations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line
Child Pornography Act of 1999’’.
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. Illicit narcotics detection equipment for the United States-Mexico bor-
der, United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf
Coast seaports.
Sec. 103. Peak hours and investigative resource enhancement for the United
States-Mexico and United States-Canada borders.
Sec. 104. 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—Personnel Provisions
CHAPTER 1—OVERTIME AND PREMIUM PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE
Sec. 121. Correction relating to fiscal year cap.
Sec. 122. Correction relating to overtime pay.
Sec. 123. Correction relating to premium pay.
Sec. 124. Use of savings from payment of overtime and premium pay for addi-
tional overtime enforcement activities of the Customs Service.
Sec. 125. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 131. Study and report relating to personnel practices of the Customs Serv-
ice.
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 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) 
$1,231,359,000 
for 
fiscal 
year
2000.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) 
$1,237,534,428 
for 
fiscal 
year
2001.’’.
(b) 
COMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS.—Section
301(b)(2)(A) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim-
plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)(A)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $922,563,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;
and
(2) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $953,464,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(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) $109,413,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) $113,789,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(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 no later than the date on which the President
submits to the 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. ILLICIT NARCOTICS DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR
THE 
UNITED 
STATES-MEXICO 
BORDER,
UNITED 
STATES-CANADA 
BORDER, 
AND
FLORIDA AND THE GULF COAST SEAPORTS.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2000 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
expended for acquisition and other expenses associated
with implementation and deployment of illicit narcotics de-
tection equipment along the United States-Mexico border,
the United States-Canada border, and Florida and the
Gulf Coast seaports, as follows:
(1) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.—For the
United States-Mexico border, the following:
(A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Con-
tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,200,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $13,000,000 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).
(D) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contra-
band detectors (busters) to be distributed
among ports where the current allocations are
inadequate.
(F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among all southwest bor-
der ports based on traffic volume.
(G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container
inspection units to be distributed among all
ports receiving liquid-filled cargo and to ports
with a hazardous material inspection facility.
(H) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting
systems.
(I) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator sys-
tems to be distributed to those ports where port
runners are a threat.
(J) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury En-
forcement Communications Systems (TECS)
terminals to be moved among ports as needed.
(K) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch sur-
veillance camera systems at ports where there
are suspicious activities at loading docks, vehi-
cle queues, secondary inspection lanes, or areas
where visual surveillance or observation is ob-
scured.
(L) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion
sensors to be distributed among the ports with
the greatest volume of outbound traffic.
(M) $180,000 for 36 AM traffic informa-
tion radio stations, with 1 station to be located
at each border crossing.
(N) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle
counters to be installed at every inbound vehicle
lane.
(O) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera sys-
tems to counter the surveillance of customs in-
spection activities by persons outside the bound-
aries of ports where such surveillance activities
are occurring.
(P) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial
truck transponders to be distributed to all ports
of entry.
(Q) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each bor-
der crossing.
(R) $400,000 for license plate reader auto-
matic targeting software to be installed at each
port to target inbound vehicles.
(2) UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER.—For the
United States-Canada border, the following:
(A) $3,000,000 for 4 Vehicle and Con-
tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $8,800,000 for 4 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $3,600,000 for 4 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among
ports where the current allocations are inad-
equate.
(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on
traffic volume.
(F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury
Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS)
terminals to be moved among ports as needed.
(G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each bor-
der crossing based on traffic volume.
(3) FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS.—
For Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, the fol-
lowing:
(A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Con-
tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among
ports where the current allocations are inad-
equate.
(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on
traffic volume.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of
the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of
1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section
101(a) of this Act, $8,924,500 shall be available until ex-
pended for the maintenance and support of the equipment
and training of personnel to maintain and support the
equipment described in subsection (a).
(c) ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR
EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—