[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5715]
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                 DHS OIG MANDATES REVISION ACT OF 2014

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 567, S. 2651.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2651) to repeal certain mandates of the 
     Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                S. 2651

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``DHS OIG Mandates Revision 
     Act of 2014''.

     SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Repeal of Requirement to Conduct an Annual Evaluation 
     of the Cargo Inspection Targeting System.--
       (1) Repeal.--Subsections (g) and (h) of section 809 of the 
     Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public 
     Law 108-293; 46 U.S.C. 70101 note) are repealed.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 809 of the Coast Guard 
     and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-293; 
     118 Stat. 1085), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``and (j)'' and 
     inserting ``and (h)''; and
       (B) by redesignating subsections (i), (j), and (k) as 
     subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively.
       (b) Repeal of Requirement to Conduct an Annual Review of 
     Coast Guard Performance.--
       (1) Repeal.--Section 888(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 (6 U.S.C. 468(f)) is repealed.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 888 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 468), as amended by paragraph 
     (1), is amended by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and 
     (i) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively.
       (c) Annual Review of Grants to States and High-risk Urban 
     Areas.--
       (1) Repeal.--Section 2022(a)(3) of the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612(a)(3)) is repealed.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 2022(a) of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612(a)), as amended by 
     paragraph (1), is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as 
     paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
       (B) in paragraph (4), as redesignated--
       (i) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (2)''; and
       (ii) by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (3)''.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall take effect on January 1, 2015.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2651), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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