[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3259]
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  SA 1753. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON GREAT LAKES AND INLAND WATERWAYS 
                   SEAPORTS.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives containing 
     the results of the review and an explanation of the 
     methodology used for the review conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (b) regarding the screening practices for foreign 
     cargo arriving at seaports on the Great Lakes and inland 
     waterways.
       (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, to the maximum extent 
     possible, but may include a classified annex, if necessary.
       (b) Scope of Review.--
       (1) Seaport selection.--In selecting seaports on inland 
     waterways to include in the review under this subsection, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the inland 
     waterways seaports are--
       (A) equal in number to the Great Lakes seaports included in 
     the review;
       (B) comparable to Great Lakes seaports included in the 
     review, as measured by number of imported shipments arriving 
     at the seaport each year; and
       (C) covered by at least the same number of Field Operations 
     offices as the Great Lakes seaports included in the review, 
     but are not covered by the same Field Operations offices as 
     such Great Lakes seaports.
       (2) Elements.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     conduct a review of all Great Lakes and selected inland 
     waterways seaports that receive international cargo--
       (A) to determine, for each such seaport--
       (i) the current screening capability, including the types 
     and numbers of screening equipment and whether such equipment 
     is physically located at a seaport or assigned and available 
     in the area and made available to use;
       (ii) the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     personnel assigned from a Field Operations office, broken out 
     by role;
       (iii) the expenditures for procurement and overtime 
     incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the 
     most recent fiscal year;
       (iv) the types of cargo received, such as containerized, 
     break-bulk, and bulk;
       (v) the legal entity that owns the seaport;
       (vi) a description of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's 
     use of space at the seaport, including--

       (I) whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the 
     General Services Administration owns or leases any 
     facilities; and
       (II) if U.S. Customs and Border Protection is provided 
     space at the seaport, a description of such space, including 
     the number of workstations; and

       (vii) the current cost-sharing arrangement for screening 
     technology or reimbursable services;
       (B) to identify, for each Field Operations office--
       (i) any ports of entry that are staffed remotely from 
     service ports;
       (ii) the distance of each such service port from the 
     corresponding ports of entry; and
       (iii) the number of officers and the types of equipment 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection utilizes to screen cargo 
     entering or exiting through such ports; and
       (C) that includes a threat assessment of incoming 
     containerized and noncontainerized cargo at Great Lakes 
     seaports and selected inland waterways seaports.
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