Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act
What changed between versions
The annual Consumer Price Index adjustment for the $300,000 project cost threshold was entirely removed. The original bill required the Commissioner to adjust the dollar amount each year based on CPI-U changes; the engrossed version omits this, leaving the cap at a fixed $300,000.
Added the phrase 'Notwithstanding section 3305 of title 40, United States Code' to explicitly override federal buildings management authority, clarifying that CBP's maintenance authority operates independently of that statute.
Added a short title section designating the bill as the 'Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act' or 'REVAMP Act,' a standard step in the House legislative process upon engrossment.
Changed all references from 'procedures' to 'guidance and procedures,' expanding what the Commissioner must establish and publish in the Federal Register beyond just procedural steps to include broader guidance documents.
Narrowed the geographic scope language from 'at any Federal Government-owned port of entry where' to 'in the physical space at any Federal Government-owned port of entry at which,' more precisely limiting the authority to the physical space of the port rather than potentially broader areas.
