S. 3903Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)Passed Senate

A bill 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.

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The bill requires the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the General Services Administration, to create rules for carrying out maintenance and repair projects of up to $300,000 at federal ports of entry where CBP’s Office of Field Operations conducts enforcement or facilitation work. The rules must define eligible projects, address impacts on other tenants, be published in the Federal Register, and can be updated as needed. The $300,000 limit is adjusted each year for inflation, and CBP must report annually to relevant Senate and House committees on the projects undertaken, their costs, and funding sources.

Key Provisions

Establish procedures for CBP to conduct maintenance/repair projects costing no more than $300,000 at any federal port of entry where the Office of Field Operations performs enforcement or facilitation activities, in consultation with the GSA.
Procedures must describe the types of projects allowed and how to identify and mitigate impacts on other facility tenants, and must be published in the Federal Register.
Authority is limited to work on existing infrastructure and does not affect existing funding sources such as the Federal Buildings Fund or Donation Acceptance Program.
The $300,000 project cost limit is to be adjusted annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
CBP must submit an annual report to the Senate and House Homeland Security and Appropriations committees detailing each maintenance project, its cost, the funding account used, and any budgetary transfers.
A technical amendment updates the Homeland Security Act to reference the new paragraph establishing these procedures.

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Held at the desk.

December 7, 2022 • 2:20 PM

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

March 22, 2022

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

March 22, 2022

SenateCommittee

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

March 30, 2022

SenateCommittee

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-176.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

October 18, 2022

SenateCalendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 526.

October 18, 2022

SenateFloor

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7007-7008)

December 6, 2022

SenateFloor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

December 7, 2022

HouseFloor

Received in the House.

December 7, 2022 • 2:04 PM

HouseFloor

Held at the desk.

December 7, 2022 • 2:20 PM

Floor Debate

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What members said about S. 3903 on the floor

1 Democrat

Sen. Margaret Wood HassanD-NH · Dec 6, 2022

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 526, S. 3903. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued December 6, 2022

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3903

AN ACT

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.

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.

Passed the Senate December 6, 2022.

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