[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7007-S7008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TO
ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AT PORTS OF
ENTRY
Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 526, S. 3903.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3903) to require the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for
conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which
the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement
and facilitation activities.
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 the part printed in italic as follows:
SECTION 1. PORT MAINTENANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 411(o) of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Port maintenance.--
``(A) Procedures.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),
the Commissioner, in consultation with the Administrator of
the General Services Administration--
``(I) shall establish procedures by which U.S. Customs and
Border Protection may conduct maintenance and repair projects
costing not more than $300,000 at any Federal Government-
owned port of entry where the Office of Field Operations
performs any of the activities described in subparagraphs (A)
through (G) of subsection (g)(3); and
``(II) is authorized to perform such maintenance and repair
projects, subject to the procedures described in clause (ii).
``(ii) Procedures described.--The procedures established
pursuant to clause (i) shall include--
``(I) a description of the types of projects that may be
carried out pursuant to clause (i); and
``(II) the procedures for identifying and addressing any
impacts on other tenants of facilities where such projects
will be carried out.
``(iii) Publication of procedures.--All of the procedures
established pursuant to clause (i) shall be published in the
Federal Register.
``(iv) Rule of construction.--The publication of procedures
under clause (iii) shall not impact the authority of the
Commissioner to update such procedures, in consultation with
the Administrator, as appropriate.
``(B) Limitation.--The authority under subparagraph (A)
shall only be available for maintenance and repair projects
involving existing infrastructure, property, and capital at
any port of entry described in subparagraph (A).
``(C) Annual adjustments.--The Commissioner shall annually
adjust the amount described in subparagraph (A) by the
percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers for the month of June preceding the date on
which such adjustment takes effect exceeds the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers for the same month of the
preceding calendar year.
``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may
be construed to affect the availability of funding from--
``(i) the Federal Buildings Fund established under section
592 of title 40, United States Code;
``(ii) the Donation Acceptance Program established under
section 482; or
``(iii) any other statutory authority or appropriation for
projects described in subparagraph (A).''.
(b) Reporting.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall
submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that
includes the elements described in paragraph (2).
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) a summary of all maintenance projects conducted
pursuant to section 411(o)(3) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as added by subsection (a) during the prior fiscal
year;
(B) the cost of each project referred to in subparagraph
(A);
(C) the account that funded each such project, if
applicable; and
(D) any budgetary transfers, if applicable, that funded
each such project.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 422(a) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 232(a)) is amended by
inserting ``section 411(o)(3) of this Act and'' after
``Administrator under''.
Ms. HASSAN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported
substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered
read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be
considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was
agreed to.
The bill (S. 3903), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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