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Calendar No. 218
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1833
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AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the
United States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other
operations, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,
for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other
purposes.
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July 20, 1999
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title
Calendar No. 218
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1833
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 27, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
July 20, 1999
Reported by Mr. Roth, with an amendment and an amendment to the title
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the
United States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other
operations, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,
for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Trade Agency
Authorizations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line Child
Pornography Act of 1999''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Table of contents.
<DELETED>TITLE I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
<DELETED>Subtitle A--Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and
Commercial Operations
<DELETED>Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for noncommercial
operations, commercial operations, and air
and marine interdiction.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Illicit narcotics detection equipment for the United
States-Mexico border, United States-Canada
border, and Florida and the Gulf Coast
seaports.
<DELETED>Sec. 103. Peak hours and investigative resource enhancement
for the United States-Mexico and United
States-Canada borders.
<DELETED>Sec. 104. Compliance with performance plan requirements.
<DELETED>Subtitle B--Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs
Service
<DELETED>Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations for program to
prevent child pornography/child sexual
exploitation.
<DELETED>Subtitle C--Personnel Provisions
<DELETED>Chapter 1--Overtime And Premium Pay of Officers of the Customs
Service
<DELETED>Sec. 121. Correction relating to fiscal year cap.
<DELETED>Sec. 122. Correction relating to overtime pay.
<DELETED>Sec. 123. Correction relating to premium pay.
<DELETED>Sec. 124. Use of savings from payment of overtime and premium
pay for additional overtime enforcement
activities of the Customs Service.
<DELETED>Sec. 125. Effective date.
<DELETED>Chapter 2--Miscellaneous Provisions
<DELETED>Sec. 131. Study and report relating to personnel practices of
the Customs Service.
<DELETED>TITLE II--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
<DELETED>Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
<DELETED>TITLE III--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
<DELETED>Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
<DELETED>TITLE I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE</DELETED>
<DELETED>Subtitle A--Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and
Commercial Operations</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, AND AIR AND MARINE
INTERDICTION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Noncommercial Operations.--Section 301(b)(1) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.
2075(b)(1)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subparagraph (A) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) $999,563,000 for fiscal year
2000.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subparagraph (B) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) $996,464,000 for fiscal year
2001.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Commercial Operations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Section 301(b)(2)(A) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19
U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)(A)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in clause (i) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) $1,154,359,000 for fiscal year
2000.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in clause (ii) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) $1,194,534,000 for fiscal year
2001.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than each
subsequent 90-day period, the Commissioner of Customs shall
prepare and submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate a report demonstrating that the development and
establishment of the automated commercial environment computer
system is being carried out in a cost-effective manner and
meets the modernization requirements of title VI of the North
American Free Trade Agreements Implementation Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Air and Marine Interdiction.--Section 301(b)(3) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.
2075(b)(3)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subparagraph (A) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) $109,413,000 for fiscal year
2000.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subparagraph (B) to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) $113,789,000 for fiscal year
2001.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Submission of Out-Year Budget Projections.--Section
301(a) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978
(19 U.S.C. 2075(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States Government for
a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Customs shall submit to the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of funds for
the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the operations of
the Customs Service as provided for in subsection (b).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 102. ILLICIT NARCOTICS DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE UNITED
STATES-MEXICO BORDER, UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER, AND
FLORIDA AND THE GULF COAST SEAPORTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Fiscal Year 2000.--Of the amounts made available for
fiscal year 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the Customs Procedural
Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as
amended by section 101(a) of this Act, $90,244,000 shall be available
until expended for acquisition and other expenses associated with
implementation and deployment of illicit narcotics detection equipment
along the United States-Mexico border, the United States-Canada border,
and Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) United states-mexico border.--For the United
States-Mexico border, the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $11,200,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) $13,000,000 for the upgrade of 8
fixed-site truck x-rays from the present energy level
of 450,000 electron volts to 1,000,000 electron volts
(1-MeV).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) $7,200,000 for 8 1-MeV pallet x-
rays.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among ports where
the current allocations are inadequate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among all southwest border ports
based on traffic volume.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container
inspection units to be distributed among all ports
receiving liquid-filled cargo and to ports with a
hazardous material inspection facility.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting
systems.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator
systems to be distributed to those ports where port
runners are a threat.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (J) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury
Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS) terminals to
be moved among ports as needed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (K) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch
surveillance camera systems at ports where there are
suspicious activities at loading docks, vehicle queues,
secondary inspection lanes, or areas where visual
surveillance or observation is obscured.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (L) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion
sensors to be distributed among the ports with the
greatest volume of outbound traffic.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (M) $180,000 for 36 AM traffic information
radio stations, with 1 station to be located at each
border crossing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (N) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle
counters to be installed at every inbound vehicle
lane.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (O) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera systems
to counter the surveillance of customs inspection
activities by persons outside the boundaries of ports
where such surveillance activities are
occurring.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (P) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial
truck transponders to be distributed to all ports of
entry.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (Q) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each border
crossing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (R) $400,000 for license plate reader
automatic targeting software to be installed at each
port to target inbound vehicles.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) United states-canada border.--For the United
States-Canada border, the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $3,000,000 for 4 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $8,800,000 for 4 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) $3,600,000 for 4 1-MeV pallet x-
rays.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among ports where
the current allocations are inadequate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on traffic
volume.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury
Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS) terminals to
be moved among ports as needed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each border
crossing based on traffic volume.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Florida and gulf coast seaports.--For Florida
and the Gulf Coast seaports, the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) $7,200,000 for 8 1-MeV pallet x-
rays.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among ports where
the current allocations are inadequate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on traffic
volume.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Fiscal Year 2001.--Of the amounts made available for
fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of the Customs Procedural
Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as
amended by section 101(a) of this Act, $8,924,500 shall be available
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