[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 583 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 583

 To enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2013

 Mr. Vela (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
 Hinojosa, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
  Johnson of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
  Gallego, Mr. Michaud, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, and Mr. 
   Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Putting Our Resources Toward 
Security (PORTS) Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS.

    (a) Customs and Border Protection Officers.--During the five-year 
period between fiscal years 2014 and 2018, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such 
purpose, increase by not fewer than 5,000 the total number of full-
time, active-duty Customs and Border Protection Officers within United 
States Customs and Border Protection for posting at United States ports 
of entry above the number of such officers for which funds were made 
available during fiscal year 2012.
    (b) Agriculture Specialists.--During the five-year period between 
fiscal years 2014 and 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, 
subject to the availability of appropriations for purpose, increase by 
not fewer than 1,200 the number of full-time, active-duty Customs and 
Border Protection agriculture specialists for posting at United States 
ports of entry above the number of such support personnel for which 
funds were made available during fiscal year 2012.
    (c) Border Security Support Personnel.--During the five-year period 
between fiscal years 2014 and 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, 
increase by not fewer than 350 the number of full-time, active-duty 
border security support personnel for posting at United States ports of 
entry above the number of such support personnel for which funds were 
made available during fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 3. IMPROVING PORTS OF ENTRY FOR BORDER SECURITY AND OTHER 
              PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration $1,000,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to make improvements to existing 
ports of entry in the United States to improve border security and for 
other purposes.
    (b) Priority.--In making improvements described in subsection (a), 
the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall give 
priority to the ports of entry that the Administrator determines are in 
most need of repair to improve border security and for other purposes 
in accordance with port of entry infrastructure assessment studies 
required in section 603 of title VI, division E, of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-161).
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