[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5388]
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SA 5909. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1077. 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) 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'' 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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