[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 269 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 269

 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

                            January 11, 2021

   Mr. Vela introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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

            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Administrator of the General Services Administration 
        $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 to 
        make improvements to existing ports of entry in the United 
        States to improve border security and for other purposes.
            (2) 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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