,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjbc,ms4 ,lee of ,florida 7for herself 
and ,ms4 ,perez7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,consolidated     
,omnibus ,budget ,reconciliation ,act of
 #aihe to provide authority to adjust   
the rate of merchandise processing fees 
to offset the capital costs incurred by 
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,cbp ,,space ,act4  #b4 ,authority to  
adjust the rate of merchandise          
processing fees to offset the capital   
costs incurred by ,u4,s4 ,customs and   
,border ,protection2 modification to    
disposition of customs user fees  7a7   
,in general ,section #acjca of the      
,consolidated ,omnibus ,budget          
,reconciliation ,act of #aihe 7#ai      
,u4,s4,c4 #eh;c7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   

subsection 7a77#i77;,b77i71 by striking 
salaries and expenses and inserting     
salaries1 expenses1 and capital costs2  
and  7#b7 in subsection                 
7f77#c77;,a77i7-- 7,a7 in subclause     
7,,iv71 by striking 1 and at the end2   
7,b7 in subclause 7,v71 by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting 1 and2   
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,,vi7 paying capital costs 
associated with passenger inspection    
services1  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
take effect on the date that is #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4  7c7 ,sense of congress ,it  
is the sense of ,congress that the      
,secretary of the ,treasury and the     
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection should work jointly 
to set an appropriate level for         
merchandise processing fees charged and 
collected under #acjca of the           
,consolidated ,omnibus ,budget          
,reconciliation ,act of #aihe 7#ai      

,u4,s4,c4 #eh;c71 as amended by         
subsection 7a71 such that ,u4,s4        
,customs and ,border ,protection is able
 to adequately fund equipment upgrades  
and facilities construction1            
improvement1 and maintenance at ,united 
,states sea ports of entry4  #c4        
,prohibition on provision or maintenance
 of administrative1 training1 or        
recreational facilities at sea ports of 
entry for ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border   
,protection  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection may not request or  
otherwise require a sea port of entry to
 provide or maintain administrative1    
training1 or recreational facilities at 
the port of entry for purposes of       
facilitating inspection services of     
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection4
  7b7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in 
this section shall be construed to      
modify or otherwise affect the authority
 contained in section #dhb of the       
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   

,u4,s4,c4 #cja;a74  #d4 ,annual report  
on use of proceeds of merchandise       
processing fee  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter1 the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4
 ,customs and ,border ,protection shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report-- 7#a7 specifying   
the amount of proceeds from the         
merchandise processing fee collected    
under section #acjca7;a77#i7 of the     
,consolidated ,omnibus ,budget          
,reconciliation ,act of #aihe1 as       
amended by section #a1 during the year  
preceding submission of the report2     
7#b7 specifying the amount of such      
proceeds directed to inspection         
facilities at sea ports of entry2 and   
7#c7 describing the outstanding capital 
needs of such inspection facilities4    
7b7 ,appropriate congressional          
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee  

on ,finance1 the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs1  
and the ,committee on ,appropriations of
 the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee  
on ,ways and ,means1 the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security1 and the ,committee 
on ,appropriations of the ,house of     
,representatives4