UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS.

SEC. 9503. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— Section 301(b) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Authorization of Appropriations.— 101 STAT. 1330–381 “(1) For noncommercial operations.— There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1988 not to exceed $348,192,000 for the salaries and expenses of the United States Customs Service that are incurred in noncommercial operations, of which $171,857.06 shall be available only for concluding Contract TC-82–54 that was awarded for the development and testing of an automatic license plate reader. “(2) For commercial operations.— There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1988 not to exceed $615,000,000 from the Customs User Fee Account for the salaries and expenses of the United States Customs Service that are incurred in commercial operations. “(3) For air interdiction.— There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1988 not to exceed $118,309,000 for the operation (including salaries and expenses) and maintenance of the air interdiction program of the United States Customs Service.”. (b) Congressional Notice of Certain Actions.— Section 301 of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075) is amended— (1) by striking out “Use Of Savings Resulting from Administrative Consolidations.—” in subsection (f); (2) by striking out “Allocation of Resources.—” in subsection (g) and inserting “(1)”; and (3) by adding at the end of subsection (g) the following new paragraph: “(2) The Commissioner of Customs shall notify the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives at least 180 days prior to taking any action which would— “(A) result in any significant reduction in force of employees other than by means of attrition; “(B) result in any significant reduction in hours of operation or services rendered at any office of the United States Customs Service or any port of entry;” “(C) eliminate or relocate any office of the United States Customs Service; “(D) eliminate any port of entry; or “(E) significantly reduce the number of employees assigned to any office of the United States Customs Service or any port of entry.”, (c) Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs Service.— (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an advisory committee which shall be known as the “Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs Service” (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the “Advisory Committee”). (2) (A) The Advisory Committee shall consist of 20 members appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (B) In making appointments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that— (i) the membership of the Advisory Committee is representative of the individuals and firms affected by the commercial operations of the United States Customs Service; and 101 STAT. 1330–382 (ii) a majority of the members of the Advisory Committee do not belong to the same political party. (3) The Advisory Committee shall— (A) provide advice to the Secretary of the Treasury on all matters involving the commercial operations of the United States Customs Service; and (B) submit an annual report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives that shall— (i) describe the operations of the Advisory Committee during the preceding year, and (ii) set forth any recommendations of the Advisory Committee regarding the commercial operations of the United States Customs Service. (4) The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement shall preside over meetings of the Advisory Committee. (d) Dissolution of Existing Advisory Committee.— Section 13033 of the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is repealed.