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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8640 
To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
establish procedures for conducting maintenance and repair projects at 
ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain 
enforcement activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2022 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to establish procedures for conducting mainte-
nance and repair projects at ports of entry at which 
the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforce-
ment activities, 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. PORT MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(o) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended— 
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(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.—Subject to sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), the Commis-
sioner, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall establish, 
and may update as appropriate, procedures 
described in clause (ii) pursuant to which 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is au-
thorized to conduct maintenance and re-
pair projects costing not more than 
$300,000 at any Federal Government- 
owned port of entry at which the Office of 
Field Operations performs any of the ac-
tivities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (G) of subsection (g)(3). 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES DESCRIBED.—The 
procedures described in this clause in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) a description of the types of 
maintenance and repair projects that 
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may be carried out pursuant to clause 
(i); and 
‘‘(II) the procedures for identi-
fying and addressing any impacts on 
other tenants of facilities at which 
such projects are carried out. 
‘‘(iii) 
PUBLICATION
OF
PROCE-
DURES.—The procedures established or 
updated, as the case may be, pursuant to 
clause (i) shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The authority under 
subparagraph (A) shall only be available for 
maintenance or repair projects involving exist-
ing infrastructure, property, and capital at any 
port of entry described in such subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Com-
missioner shall annually adjust the dollar 
amount specified in subparagraph (A) by the 
percentage (if any) by which the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the 
month of June preceding the date on which 
such adjustment takes effect exceeds the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for 
the same month of the preceding calendar year. 
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