Authority to adjust the rate of merchandise processing fees to offset the capital costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; modification to disposition of customs user fees

(a) In general Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(9)(B)(i), by striking salaries and expenses and inserting salaries, expenses, and capital costs; and (2) in subsection (f)(3)(A)(i)— (A) in subclause (IV), by striking, and at the end; (B) in subclause (V), by striking the comma at the end and inserting, and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (VI) paying capital costs associated with passenger inspection services,. (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection should work jointly to set an appropriate level for merchandise processing fees charged and collected under 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c), as amended by subsection (a), such that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is able to adequately fund equipment upgrades and facilities construction, improvement, and maintenance at United States sea ports of entry.