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Q: SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE.

(a) In General.--In order to enhance border investigative resources
on the Southwest border, enhance investigative resources for
anticorruption efforts, intensify efforts against drug smuggling and
money-laundering organizations, process cargo, reduce commercial and
passenger traffic waiting times, and open all primary lanes during peak
hours at certain ports on the Southwest and Northern borders, in
addition to any other amount appropriated, there are authorized to be
appropriated for salaries, expenses, and equipment for the United
States Customs Service for purposes of carrying out this section--
(1) $161,248,584 for fiscal year 1999;
(2) $185,751,328 for fiscal year 2000; and
(3) such sums as may be necessary in each fiscal year
thereafter.
(b) Fiscal Year 1999.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under subsection (a)(1) for fiscal year 1999, $48,404,000 shall be
available until expended for acquisition and other expenses associated
with implementation and full deployment of narcotics enforcement and
cargo processing technology along the Southwest border, including--
(1) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Container Inspection
Systems (VACIS);
(2) $11,000,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays with transmission
and backscatter imaging;
(3) $12,000,000 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);
(4) $7,200,000 for 8 1-MeV pallet x-rays;
(5) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contraband detectors
(busters) to be distributed among ports where the current
allocations are inadequate;
(6) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection kits to be
distributed among all Southwest border ports based on traffic
volume;
(7) $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;
(8) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting systems;
(9) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator systems to be
distributed to those ports where port runners are a threat;
(10) $480,000 for 20 Portable Treasury Enforcement
Communications System (TECS) terminals to be moved among ports
as needed;
(11) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch surveillance camera
systems at ports where there are suspicious activities at
loading docks, vehicle queues, secondary inspection lanes, or
areas where visual surveillance or observation is obscured;
(12) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion sensors to be
distributed among the ports with the greatest volume of outbound
traffic;
(13) $180,000 for 36 AM radio ''Welcome to the United
States'' stations, with 1 station to be located at each border
crossing;
(14) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle counters to be
installed at every inbound vehicle lane;
(15) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera systems to counter the
surveillance of Customs inspection activities by persons
outside the boundaries of ports where such surveillance
activities are occurring;
(16) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial truck transponders
to be distributed to all ports of entry;
(17) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and particle
detectors to be distributed to each border crossing; and
(18) $400,000 for license plate reader automatic targeting
software to be installed at each port to target inbound
vehicles.
(c) Fiscal Year 2000 and Thereafter.--Of the amount authorized to
be appropriated under subsection (a) (2) and (3) for fiscal year 2000
and each fiscal year thereafter, $4,840,400 shall be for the
maintenance and support of the equipment and training of personnel to
maintain and support the equipment described in subsection (b), based
on an estimate of 10 percent of the cost of such equipment.
(d) New Technologies: Use of Funds.--
(1) In general.--The Commissioner of Customs may use the
amounts authorized to be appropriated for equipment under this
section for equipment other than the equipment specified in
subsection (b) if such other equipment--
(A)(i) is technologically superior to the equipment
specified in subsection (b); and
(ii) will achieve at least the same results at a
cost that is the same or less than the equipment
specified in subsection (b); or
(B) can be obtained at a lower cost than the
equipment authorized in paragraphs (1) through (18).
(2) Transfer of funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of this section, the Commissioner of Customs may reallocate an
amount not to exceed 10 percent of the amount specified in any
of paragraphs (1) through (18) of subsection (b) for equipment
specified in any other of such paragraphs (1) through (18).
(e) Peak Hours and Investigative Resource Enhancement.--Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal
years 1999 and 2000, $112,844,584 in fiscal year 1999 and $180,910,928
for fiscal year 2000 shall be for--
(1) a net increase of 535 inspectors and 60 special agents
for the Southwest border and 375 inspectors for the Northern
border, in order to open all primary lanes on the Southwest and
Northern borders during peak hours and enhance investigative
resources;
(2) a net increase of 285 inspectors and canine enforcement
officers to be distributed at large cargo facilities as needed
to process and screen cargo (including rail cargo) and reduce
commercial waiting times on the Southwest border;
(3) a net increase of 360 special agents, 40 intelligence
analysts, and additional resources to be distributed among
offices that have jurisdiction over major metropolitan drug or
narcotics distribution and transportation centers for
intensification of efforts against drug smuggling and money-
laundering organizations;
(4) a net increase of 50 positions and additional resources
to the Office of Internal Affairs to enhance investigative
resources for anticorruption efforts; and
(5) the costs incurred as a result of the increase in
personnel hired pursuant to this section.
A:
Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Customs Service for FY 1999 and 2000 for acquisition and deployment of narcotics enforcement and cargo processing technology (including maintenance and support of such equipment, training of personnel, and for new technologies) along the U.S. Southwest border. Earmarks amounts for additional inspectors, canine enforcement officers, special agents, and enhanced investigative resources during peak hours along the border.