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To amend titles 49 and 10, United States Code, to provide for the authority of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border protection with respect to national security determinations concerning wind turbines proposed to be constructed in the United States in bodies of water that border Canada, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4441 · 116th Congress · Sep 20, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 U.S. Customs and Border Protection determinations with respect to wind turbines proposed to be constructed in United States water bordering Canada

(a)
Inclusion of CBP in certain national security determinations— Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(3) by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection” after “Secretary of Defense”;
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection” after “Secretary of Defense”; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” after “Secretary of Defense”;
(B)
in paragraph (2), by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” after “Secretary of Defense”; and
(C)
in paragraph (3), by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” after “Secretary of Defense”;
(3)
in subsection (f), by inserting “, and in the case of a covered wind turbine, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” after “Secretary of Defense”; and
(4)
in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) Covered wind turbine—The term “covered wind turbine” means a wind turbine proposed to be constructed in the United States in a body of water that borders Canada.”

(b)
DOD consultation with CBP— Section 183a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(5) In the case of an energy project filed with the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 19 for the proposed construction of a wind turbine in a location in the United States in a body of water that borders Canada, the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border protection in carrying out this subsection.”