Title: 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.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This bill directs U.S. Customs Border and Protection to establish procedures for performing repairs and maintenance projects below a certain cost threshold at federally owned ports of entry where certain activities are conducted, such as entry inspections and activities to prevent the entry of illicit drugs, agricultural pests, and contraband.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8640 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
  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 jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Port maintenance.--
                    ``(A) Procedures.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs 
                        (B) and (C), the Commissioner, in consultation 
                        with the Administrator 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 
                        authorized to conduct maintenance and repair 
                        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 activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (G) of subsection (g)(3).
                            ``(ii) Procedures described.--The 
                        procedures described in this clause include--
                                    ``(I) a description of the types of 
                                maintenance and repair projects that 
                                may be carried out pursuant to clause 
                                (i); and
                                    ``(II) the procedures for 
                                identifying and addressing any impacts 
                                on other tenants of facilities at which 
                                such projects are carried out.
                            ``(iii) Publication of procedures.--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 existing infrastructure, property, 
                and capital at any port of entry described in such 
                subparagraph.
                    ``(C) Annual adjustments.--The Commissioner 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 Consumer Price 
                Index for All Urban Consumers for the same month of the 
                preceding calendar year.
                    ``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph may be construed to affect the availability 
                of funding from--
                            ``(i) the Federal Buildings Fund 
                        established under section 592 of title 40, 
                        United States Code;
                            ``(ii) the port of entry donation authority 
                        under section 482; or
                            ``(iii) any other statutory authority or 
                        appropriation for maintenance or repair 
                        projects described in subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Reporting.--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 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report that includes the following:
            (1) A summary of all maintenance and repair projects 
        conducted pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 411(o) of the 
        Homeland Security Act of 2002, as inserted by subsection (a), 
        during the prior fiscal year.
            (2) The cost of each such project.
            (3) The account that funded each such project, if 
        applicable.
            (4) 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 ``such section'' 
after ``Administrator under''.
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