H.R. 8150 – Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act

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The REVAMP Act directs the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner to create clear guidance for carrying out maintenance and repair work worth up to $300,000 at any federally owned port of entry where CBP’s Office of Field Operations conducts enforcement or facilitation duties. It also requires CBP to report each year on those projects, including costs and funding sources, to the relevant Senate and House committees.

Key Provisions

Establishes CBP guidance and procedures for maintenance/repair projects of $300,000 or less at federal ports of entry, outlining eligible project types and how to address impacts on other facility tenants; the guidance must be published in the Federal Register and can be updated as needed.
Limits the authority to work on existing infrastructure, property, and capital at the ports, without affecting existing funding sources such as the Federal Buildings Fund or donation programs.
Mandates an annual report, due one year after enactment and each year thereafter, to specified Senate and House committees summarizing all maintenance projects, their costs, and the accounts or transfers that funded them.
Amends the Homeland Security Act to insert the new paragraph on port maintenance and updates a related technical reference in Section 422(a).

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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.

December 17, 2024

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

April 29, 2024

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Homeland Security Committee

April 29, 2024

HouseCommittee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee

April 29, 2024

HouseCommittee

Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged

Homeland Security Committee

June 12, 2024

HouseCommittee

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Homeland Security Committee

June 12, 2024

HouseCommittee

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Homeland Security Committee

June 12, 2024

HouseCommittee

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-824, Part I.

Homeland Security Committee

December 6, 2024

HouseCommittee

Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

Ways and Means Committee

December 6, 2024

HouseCalendars

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 674.

December 6, 2024

HouseFloor

Mr. Gonzales, Tony moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

December 16, 2024 • 5:48 PM

HouseFloor

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7209-7210)

December 16, 2024 • 5:48 PM

HouseFloor

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8150.

December 16, 2024 • 5:48 PM

HouseFloor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7209-7210)

December 16, 2024 • 5:52 PM

HouseFloor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7209-7210)

December 16, 2024 • 5:52 PM

HouseFloor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

December 16, 2024 • 5:52 PM

SenateCalendars

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.

December 17, 2024

Floor Debate

2 members

What members said about H.R. 8150 on the floor

1 Republican1 Democrat

Rep. Tony GonzalesR-TX-23 · Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8150) to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8150) 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, as amended.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on H.R. 8150.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of my bipartisan bill, H.R. 8150, the Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act.

Land ports of entry are a critical line of defense against fentanyl, drugs, and other illicit contraband that have plagued our communities.

Our ports of entry also bring in billions of dollars' worth of trade into our economy and serve as a lifeline for many cities along the border.

To help Customs officers carry out their mission, our international bridges must be kept in the best shape possible. My bill does just that by reducing the bureaucracy that is required to repair and maintain our ports of entry.

While the GSA has the primary authority to maintain our Federal facilities, there is a significant backlog for these projects and our ports of entry are no exception.

Currently, the GSA grants CBP the ability to perform limited repair projects if the cost is less than $100,000. Delegating this authority saves everyone time, and we all know that time is money.

My commonsense legislation would simply increase that number from $100,000 to a $300,000 threshold so that more of these minor projects at our ports of entry can be done quickly and efficiently.

This helps trade, this helps our taxpayers, and this helps our Customs personnel that work so hard to secure our borders.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 8150, the REVAMP Act, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 8150, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Rep. J. Luis CorreaD-CA-46 · Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 8150, which allows Customs and Border Protection to make low-cost maintenance repairs at our ports of…

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Placed on Calendar SenateIssued December 17, 2024

Calendar No. 715

118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 8150

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act or the REVAMP Act.

2.

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 new paragraph:

(3)

Port maintenance

(A)

Procedures

(i)

In general

Notwithstanding section 3305 of title 40, United States Code, subject to subparagraph (B), the Commissioner, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services—

(I)

shall establish guidance and procedures by which U.S. Customs and Border Protection may conduct maintenance and repair projects costing not more than $300,000 in the physical space at any Federal Government-owned port of entry at which 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)

Guidance and procedures described

The guidance and 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 guidance and procedures

The guidance and procedures established pursuant to clause (i) shall be published in the Federal Register.

(iv)

Rule of construction

The publication of guidance and 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 such subparagraph.

(C)

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).

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(b)

Reporting

(1)

In general

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit 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 a report that includes the elements described in paragraph (2).

(2)

Elements

The elements described in this paragraph are the following:

(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)

Information relating to the cost of each project referred to in subparagraph (A) of such section.

(C)

An identification of the account that funded each such project, if applicable.

(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 House of Representatives December 16, 2024.

Kevin F. McCumber,

Clerk.

December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar