S.Amdt. 3717

SA 3717. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Thune (for
himself and Mr. Nelson)) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing
limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3124. SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS FOR PASSENGER SCREENING
AND DATA PROCESSING.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to set service level standards for the
processing of passengers in air transportation and associated
electronic travel data.
(b) Security Screening.--Section 44901 is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(m) Service Level Standards.--
``(1) In general.--The physical screening of passengers and
their property, while in federally controlled areas, and
screening of electronic travel data, shall be performed in
accordance with service level standards established by the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
and agreed to by the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.
``(2) Requirements for standards.--The service level
standards established under paragraph (1) shall provide for--
``(A) a 10-minute maximum wait time for 99 percent of all
passengers as measured in 15-minute periods each calendar
day;
``(B) a 5-minute maximum wait time for 95 percent of all
passengers as measured in 15-minute periods each calendar
day;
``(C) 98 percent passenger satisfaction with screening
processes as measured by customer satisfaction surveys;
``(D) 99 percent passenger satisfaction with the
cleanliness and hygiene of the screening area;
``(E) 98 percent of responses to submissions of electronic
passenger data returned within 4 seconds; and
``(F) 95 percent of all calls to the Transportation
Security Administration's resolution desk answered within 30
seconds.
``(3) Suspension of standards.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security may suspend the standards established under
paragraph (1) for reasons of national emergency for not more
than 30 days and shall report the circumstances for
suspension to Congress not later than 90 days after
suspending such standards.''.

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(c) Revised Customs Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall revise section 122.49(a) of title 19, Code of Federal
Regulations, as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, to require that the screening of
passenger and crew manifests be performed in accordance with
service level standards established by the Commissioner of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and agreed to by the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection User Fee Advisory Committee.
(2) Requirements for standards.--The service level
standards established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide
for--
(A) 98 percent of responses to submissions of electronic
passenger data to be completed within 4 seconds;
(B) 95 percent of all calls to any resolution desk to be
answered within 30 seconds;
(C) 95 percent of all advance passenger information
submitted via interactive batch-style manifest submissions to
be returned within 3 minutes;
(D) 95 percent of all data submissions requiring manual
resolution by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to be
provided within 5 minutes; and
(E) 99.7 uptime for all passenger information processing
systems.
(3) Suspension of standards.--The Secretary may suspend the
standards established pursuant to paragraph (1) for reasons
of national emergency for not more than 30 days and shall
report the circumstances for suspension to Congress not later
than 90 days after suspending such standards.
(d) Amendment to Customs Laws.--Section 3061 of the Revised
Statutes (19 U.S.C. 482) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(c) Searches at Ports of Entry.--
``(1) In general.--Search of passengers pursuant to
subsection (a) at service ports and ports of entry (as listed
in section 101.3 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or
any corresponding similar regulations or ruling)), shall be
performed in accordance with service level standards
established by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection and agreed to by the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection User Fee Advisory Committee.
``(2) Requirements for standards.--The service level
standards established under paragraph (1) shall provide for--
``(A) 95 percent of all persons not requiring more than
normal inspection to be processed and cleared within 30
minutes of disembarkation;
``(B) a 15-minute average queue dwell time between entering
the secondary inspection area and commencing an initial
interview with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection secondary
inspector; and
``(C) 98 percent of all requests for capture of biometric
data for visitors to the United States at the primary
inspection booth to be completed within 15 seconds.
``(3) Suspension of standards.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security may suspend the standards established under
paragraph (1) for reasons of national emergency for not more
than 30 days and shall report the circumstances for
suspension to Congress not later than 90 days after
suspending such standards.''.
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