President Signs FY 2010 DHS Appropriations Bill
On October 28, 2009, the President signed into law H.R. 2892, the fiscal year 2010 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc (Public Law 111-083).
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(The House and Senate had earlier passed different versions of H.R. 2892. A House-Senate conference was held to resolve the differences between the two versions, which resulted in one bill - the conference report for H.R. 2892. House and Senate passed the H.R. 2892 conference report on October 15, 2009 and October 20, 2009, respectively. This is the version signed into law.)
Highlights of H.R. 2892
H.R. 2892 has been summarized in detail in previous issues of International Trade Today. Highlights of the funding and other provisions from H.R. 2892 and its accompanying guidance from House-Senate conferees, include:
$40 million less CBP automation funding than in individual House and Senate bills
CBP funding for 50 additional CBP Officers and 10 support positions to enhance Southwest border outbound operations, procurement of non-intrusive inspection (NII) equipment, etc.
CBP directed to provide Congress with 5 year intellectual property rights enforcement strategy
CBP directed to improve administration of antidumping and countervailing requirements
CBP directed to devote attention and funding to Northern Border security
Funding for textile transshipment enforcement
Funding for ICE forced child labor, southwest border activities
Funding for TSA screening of fresh fruit air cargo, additional inspectors, etc.
TSA requirement to increase cargo screening incrementally
TSA requirement to report, brief Congress on 100% air cargo screening
Funding for a pilot maritime port security system program
Restrictions on funding for full-scale procurement of ASP monitors
Switchblade provision that would counter CBP's expansion of new entry prohibition
Funding restrictions for certain activities involving the Buy American Act, butane lighters, and prescription drugs
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/16/09 and 10/20/09 news, 09101605 and 09102025, for BP's detailed, two-part summary of the House-Senate conference report, with links to summaries of the individual House and Senate bills.)
H.R. 2892 available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2892enr.txt.pdf.