[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2481

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire additional full-
 time non-supervisory import specialists of the Bureau of Customs and 
               Border Protection, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2006

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire additional full-
 time non-supervisory import specialists of the Bureau of Customs and 
               Border Protection, 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. REQUIREMENT TO HIRE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME IMPORT SPECIALISTS 
              OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) hire additional full-time non-supervisory import 
        specialists of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of 
        the Department of Homeland Security so that the number of such 
        import specialists during fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent 
        fiscal year is at least 1,080, as required by section 412(b) of 
        the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 212(b)); and
            (2) provide for the salaries and expenses, including 
        appropriate training and support, of the import specialists 
        hired pursuant to paragraph (1).
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year to carry out 
section 301(b)(2) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification 
Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)), there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each 
such fiscal year to carry out subsection (a).

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION RELATING TO MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMS REVENUE 
              FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 212(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3) Certification.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall certify to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
        for each fiscal year that--
                    ``(A) the requirement of paragraph (1) was met 
                during such fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the number of full-time non-supervisory 
                import specialists of the Bureau of Customs and Border 
                Protection during such fiscal year was at least 1,080, 
                as required by paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The certification requirement of paragraph (3) 
of section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by 
subsection (a)) applies with respect to fiscal year 2007 and each 
subsequent fiscal year.
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