[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5862 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5862

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or 
                 reorganize Customs revenue functions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2023

Mrs. Steel (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or 
                 reorganize Customs revenue functions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TO 
              CONSOLIDATE, MODIFY, OR REORGANIZE CUSTOMS REVENUE 
              FUNCTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 412 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 212(b)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``consolidate, 
                        discontinue,'' and inserting ``discontinue''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting after ``reduce the 
                        staffing level'' the following: ``below the 
                        optimal staffing level determined in the most 
                        recent Resource Allocation Model required by 
                        section 301(h) of the Customs Procedural Reform 
                        and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 
                        2075(h))''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, National 
                Account Managers, and International Trade Analysts'' 
                after ``Financial Systems Specialists''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Authority To Consolidate, Modify, or Reorganize Customs 
Revenue Functions.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection may, subject to subsection (b), consolidate, 
        modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions delegated to 
        the Commissioner under subsection (a), including by adding such 
        functions to existing positions or establishing new or 
        modifying existing job series, grades, titles, or 
        classifications for personnel, and associated support staff, 
        performing such functions.
            ``(2) Position classification standards.--At the request of 
        the Commissioner, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall establish new position classification 
        standards for any new positions established by the Commissioner 
        under paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 412(a)(1) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 212(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
``403(a)(1)'' and inserting ``403(1)''.
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