Title: 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 activities.
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 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]
[S. 3903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3903

 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 activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2022

 Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 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 activities.

    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.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and 
                (C), the Commissioner shall establish procedures by 
                which U.S. Customs and Border Protection may conduct 
                maintenance and repair projects costing not more than 
                $300,000 at any port of entry where the Office of Field 
                Operations performs any of the activities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (G) of subsection (g)(3).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The authority under subparagraph 
                (A) shall only be available for maintenance and repair 
                projects involving existing infrastructure, property, 
                and capital at any port of entry described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Annual adjustments.--The Commissioner shall 
                annually adjust the amount described 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 Donation Acceptance Program 
                        established under section 482; or
                            ``(iii) any other statutory authority or 
                        appropriation for projects described in 
                        subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Reporting.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
        Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit 
        a report 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 that includes the elements described 
        in paragraph (2).
            (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (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) the cost of each project referred to in 
                subparagraph (A);
                    (C) the account that funded each such project, if 
                applicable; and
                    (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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