,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #b1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,sinema1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 and
 ,mr4 ,peters7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4 
,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 activities4  #a4 ,port
 maintenance  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#daa7o7 of the ,homeland ,security ,act 
of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #baa7o77 is      
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#d72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#b7  
the following3  7#c7 ,port maintenance  
7,a7 ,procedures  7i7 ,in general       
,subject to subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c71

 the ,commissioner1 in consultation with
 the ,administrator of the ,general     
,services ,administration-- 7,i7 shall  
establish procedures by which ,u4,s4    
,customs and ,border ,protection may    
conduct maintenance and repair projects 
costing not more than #cjj1jjj at any   
,federal ,government-owned port of entry
 where the ,office of ,field ,operations
 performs any of the activities         
described in subparagraphs 7,a7 through 
7,g7 of subsection 7g77#c72 and  7,,ii7 
is authorized to perform such           
maintenance and repair projects1 subject
 to the procedures described in clause  
7ii74  7ii7 ,procedures described ,the  
procedures established pursuant to      
clause 7i7 shall include-- 7,i7 a       
description of the types of projects    
that may be carried out pursuant to     
clause 7i72 and  7,,ii7 the procedures  
for identifying and addressing any      
impacts on other tenants of facilities  
where such projects will be carried out4
  7iii7 ,publication of procedures ,all 

of the procedures established pursuant  
to clause 7i7 shall be published in the 
,federal ,register4  7iv7 ,rule of      
construction ,the publication of        
procedures under clause 7iii7 shall not 
impact the authority of the             
,commissioner to update such procedures1
 in consultation with the               
,administrator1 as appropriate4  7,b7   
,limitation ,the authority under        
subparagraph 7,a7 shall only be         
available for maintenance and repair    
projects involving existing             
infrastructure1 property1 and capital at
 any port of entry described in         
subparagraph 7,a74  7,c7 ,annual        
adjustments ,the ,commissioner shall    
annually adjust the amount described in 
subparagraph 7,a7 by the percentage 7if 
any7 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 year4   
7,d7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in  
this paragraph may be construed to      
affect the availability of funding      
from-- 7i7 the ,federal ,buildings ,fund
 established under section #eib of title
 #dj1 ,united ,states ,code2  7ii7 the  
,donation ,acceptance ,program          
established under section #dhb2 or      
7iii7 any other statutory authority or  
appropriation for projects described in 
subparagraph 7,a74  4  7b7 ,reporting   
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the     
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection shall submit a      
report to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate1 the ,committee on          
,appropriations of the ,senate1 the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives1 and the    
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives that includes

 the elements described in paragraph    
7#b74  7#b7 ,elements ,the report       
required under paragraph 7#a7 shall     
include-- 7,a7 a summary of all         
maintenance projects conducted pursuant 
to section #daa7o77#c7 of the ,homeland 
,security ,act of #bjjb1 as added by    
subsection 7a7 during the prior fiscal  
year2  7,b7 the cost of each project    
referred to in subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7 
the account that funded each such       
project1 if applicable2 and  7,d7 any   
budgetary transfers1 if applicable1 that
 funded each such project4  7c7         
,technical amendment ,section #dbb7;a7  
of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb
 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bcb7;a77 is amended by  
inserting section #daa7o77#c7 of this   
,act and after ,administrator under4