CBP to Gain Control over Land POE Facilities, DHS Secretary Says at Budget Hearing
CBP will begin taking over land ports-of-entry facilities this year, a move that will facilitate a “faster delivery of service,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee April 18. DHS will work with the General Services…
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Administration to delegate control of the facilities to CBP; because the buildings are “mission-oriented 24/7 operational assets of CBP, as well as national trade and transportation infrastructure,” they are different from the other federal buildings GSA manages, Napolitano said in written testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Napolitano testified on DHS’s proposed budget for 2014. She also made the rounds before the House Homeland Security Committee (here). Under the budget, CBP will also gain authority over the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology. The agency is also working with the Department of Agriculture to evaluate “financial models to achieve full cost recovery for agricultural inspectional services provided by CBP,” Napolitano said.