Sec. 406. Pilot program to designate additional 24-hour commercial ports of entry
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The President shall establish a pilot program under which the President shall— pursuant to the Act of August 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 623, chapter 223; 19 U.S.C. 2 ), designate certain land border crossings as 24-hour commercial ports of entry in accordance with subsections
(b)and (c); and ensure that each land border crossing designated as a commercial port of entry under the pilot program has sufficient resources— to carry out the functions of a commercial port of entry, including accepting entries of merchandise, collecting duties, and enforcing the customs and trade laws of the United States; and to perform those functions 24 hours a day. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, after considering the criteria set forth in subsection
(c)and any input provided by the public, designate not fewer than 2 and not more than 6 land border crossings, equally divided between land border crossings on the northern and southern borders of the United States, as 24-hour commercial ports of entry under the pilot program established under subsection (a). In designating a land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry under the pilot program established under subsection (a), the President shall consider the following: The number of 24-hour commercial ports of entry already located in the State in which the land border crossing is located. The costs associated with operating the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry, including whether the Federal Government would be required to acquire or lease additional land. The positive economic impact of designating the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry on the community in which the land border crossing is located. Any commitment of resources by the government of Canada or Mexico, as applicable, to a similar designation of a corresponding foreign port of entry. The support demonstrated by the government of the State or locality in which the land border crossing is located, including through infrastructure improvements, to facilitate the operation of the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry. Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date on which a land border crossing designated as a 24-hour commercial port of entry under the pilot program established under subsection
(a)becomes fully operational as a 24-hour commercial port of entry, the President shall— determine whether the operation of the land border crossing as a port of entry 24 hours a day provides a net economic benefit to the United States; and submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on that determination and the reasons for that determination. If the President determines under paragraph
(1)that operating a land border crossing as a port of entry 24 hours a day does not provide a net economic benefit to the United States, the land border crossing shall cease to operate as a port of entry 24 hours a day on the date on which the President submits the report under paragraph (1)(B). Not later than 90 days before the President makes a determination under subsection (d)(1) with respect to a land border crossing designated as a 24-hour commercial port of entry under the pilot program established under subsection (a), the President shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that provides— a comparison of the vehicle traffic, the estimated total volume of commercial merchandise entered, and the wait times at the land border crossing— during the 2-year period preceding the designation of the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry; and after the land border crossing becomes fully operational as a 24-hour commercial port of entry; a comparison of the total value of commercial merchandise transported through the land border crossing— during the 2-year period preceding the designation of the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry; and after the land border crossing becomes fully operational as a 24-hour commercial port of entry; and a comparison of wait times at other ports of entry in the State in which the land border crossing is located— during the 2-year period preceding the designation of the land border crossing as a 24-hour commercial port of entry; and after the land border crossing becomes fully operational as a 24-hour commercial port of entry.
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Sec. 406
Pilot program to designate additional 24-hour commercial ports of entry
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