{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-5862","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 5862","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-10-02","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-01-17","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h12","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions","result":"Passed","yea":403,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll012.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","date":"2024-01-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-10-02","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions."},{"k":"p","t":"For example, this bill authorizes CBP to add functions to existing positions that perform these revenue functions. CBP may also establish new job series and grades for personnel that perform these functions."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also modifies a provision that prohibits CBP from reducing the staffing level of certain revenue functions (e.g., import specialists, entry specialists, and customs auditors). Specifically, this bill relaxes this prohibition by allowing for reductions if the reduction will not result in a staffing level below the optimal level as determined in a specified resource allocation model. (Currently, CBP is required to report to Congress every two years the results of this model to determine the optimal staffing levels for carrying out CBP commercial operations.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also expands this staffing level reduction restriction to also apply to national account managers and international trade analysts."}],"words":158},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends Section 412 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions, and changes the staffing provisions in that section.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}]},"core_areas":["CBP authority to reorganize customs revenue functions","Staffing-level provisions for customs revenue positions","Position classification standards from the Office of Personnel Management"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Authorizes the CBP Commissioner, subject to subsection (b) and in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions delegated under subsection (a).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}},{"text":"Allows that authority to be used by adding functions to existing positions, or by establishing new or modifying existing job series, grades, titles, or classifications for personnel and associated support staff.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, at the Commissioner's request, to establish new position classification standards for any new positions the Commissioner establishes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}},{"text":"Inserts into subsection (b)(1), after \"reduce the staffing level,\" the words \"below the optimal staffing level determined in the most recent Resource Allocation Model\" required by the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}},{"text":"Adds National Account Managers and International Trade Analysts after Financial Systems Specialists in subsection (b)(2).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}},{"text":"Removes the word \"consolidate\" from subsection (b)(1), and makes a technical correction in subsection (a)(1) replacing \"403(a)(1)\" with \"403(1)\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh#H2D0EB53C20454ED5AF726AE0280BD7E6"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-01-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5862/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-5862.png","v":"e07fbb841c9a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5862, 118th Congress: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions. House: 403 Yea, 9 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Jan 2024."}}