S.Amdt. 1996

SA 1996. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 6302. 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(b)) 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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