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2-Calendar No. 670
32 118THCONGRESS
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5-DSESSION S. 1444
6-[Report No. 118–267]
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4+STSESSION S. 1444
75 To increase the pay and enhance the training of United States Border
86 Patrol agents, and for other purposes.
97 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
108 MAY4, 2023
119 Mr. L
12-ANKFORD(for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr.
13-K
14-ELLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
15-to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
16-D
17-ECEMBER9, 2024
18-Reported by Mr. P
19-ETERS, with an amendment
20-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL
10+ANKFORD(for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill;
11+which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
12+rity and Governmental Affairs
13+A BILL
2114 To increase the pay and enhance the training of United
2215 States Border Patrol agents, and for other purposes.
2316 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2417 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2518 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2619 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Patrol En-4
2720 hancement Act’’. 5
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31-SEC.2.AUTHORIZED STAFFING LEVELFORTHEUNITED 1
32-STATESBORDER PATROL. 2
33-(a)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection: 3
34-(1)QUALIFIEDRESEARCH ENTITY.—Theterm 4
35-‘‘qualifiedresearchentity’’meansanindependent, 5
36-not-for-profit,federallyfundedresearchentitywith 6
37-appropriateexpertiseandanalyticalcapabilityto 7
38-analyzeandvalidatethepersonnelrequirementsde-8
39-terminationmodel. 9
40-(2)VALIDATED PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 10
41-DETERMINATION MODEL.—Theterm‘‘validatedper-11
42-sonnelrequirementsdeterminationmodel’’meansa 12
43-determinationofthenumberofUnitedStatesBor-13
44-derPatrolagentsneededtomeetthecriticalmission 14
45-requirementsoftheUnitedStatesBorderPatrolto 15
46-maintainanorderlyprocessformigrantsentering 16
47-theUnitedStates,thathasbeenvalidatedbya 17
48-qualifiedresearchentitypursuanttosubsection(d). 18
49-(b)INGENERAL.—Theauthorizedpersonnellevelfor 19
50-UnitedStatesBorderPatrolagentsonthedateoftheen-20
51-actmentofthisActis20,500. 21
52-(c)UNITEDSTATESBORDERPATROLPERSONNEL 22
53-REQUIREMENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 23
54-(1)COMPLETION;NOTICE.—Notlaterthan180 24
55-daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,the 25
56-Commissionershallcompleteapersonnelrequire-26
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60-mentsdeterminationmodelforUnitedStatesBorder 1
61-Patrolthatbuildsonthe5-yearUnitedStatesBor-2
62-derPatrolstaffinganddeploymentplanreferredto 3
63-onpage33ofHouseofRepresentativesReport 4
64-112–91(May26,2011)andsubmitanoticeofcom-5
65-pletionto— 6
66-(A)theappropriatecongressionalcommit-7
67-tees; 8
68-(B)theDirectoroftheOfficeofPersonnel 9
69-Management;and 10
70-(C)theComptrollerGeneraloftheUnited 11
71-States. 12
72-(2)CERTIFICATION.—Notlaterthan30days 13
73-afterthecompletionofthepersonnelrequirements 14
74-determinationmodeldescribedinparagraph(1),the 15
75-Commissionershallsubmitacopyofsuchmodeland 16
76-astrategyforobtainingthird-partyvalidationof 17
77-suchmodel,to— 18
78-(A)theappropriatecongressionalcommit-19
79-tees; 20
80-(B)theOfficeofPersonnelManagement; 21
81-and 22
82-(C)theComptrollerGeneraloftheUnited 23
83-States. 24
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87-(d)INDEPENDENT STUDYOFPERSONNELREQUIRE-1
88-MENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 2
89-(1)REQUIREMENT FORSTUDY.—Notlaterthan 3
90-90daysafterthecompletionofthepersonnelre-4
91-quirementsdeterminationmodelpursuanttosub-5
92-section(c)(1),theSecretaryofHomelandSecurity 6
93-shallenterintoacontractwithaqualifiedresearch 7
94-entitytoconductastudythatanalyzesthevalidity 8
95-ofthemodel. 9
96-(2)REPORTS.— 10
97-(A)TOSECRETARY.—Notlaterthan1 11
98-yearafterthecompletionofthepersonnelre-12
99-quirementsdeterminationmodelundersub-13
100-section(c)(1),thequalifiedresearchentityshall 14
101-submitareporttotheSecretaryofHomeland 15
102-Securitythatincludes— 16
103-(i)theresultsofthestudyrequired 17
104-underparagraph(1);and 18
105-(ii)anyrecommendationsregarding 19
106-themodelthatthequalifiedresearchentity 20
107-considerstobeappropriate. 21
108-(B)TOCONGRESS.—Notlaterthan30 22
109-daysafterreceivingthereportdescribedinsub-23
110-paragraph(A),theSecretaryofHomelandSe-24
111-curityshallsubmitsuchreport,alongwithany 25
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115-additionalviewsorrecommendationsregarding 1
116-thepersonnelrequirementsdetermination 2
117-model,totheCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 3
118-andGovernmentalAffairsoftheSenateandthe 4
119-CommitteeonHomelandSecurityoftheHouse 5
120-ofRepresentatives. 6
121-(e)AUTHORITYTOADJUSTAUTHORIZED PER-7
122-SONNELLEVEL.—Beginningonthedatethatis180days 8
123-afterreceivingareportpursuanttosubsection(d)(2)that 9
124-validatesthepersonnelrequirementsdeterminationmodel, 10
125-theSecretaryofHomelandSecuritymayadjusttheau-11
126-thorizedpersonnellevelfortheUnitedStatesBorderPa-12
127-troltoalevelthatdoesnotexceedthelevelrecommended 13
128-bythevalidatedpersonnelrequirementsdetermination 14
129-model. 15
130-SEC.3.ESTABLISHMENT OFHIGHER MINIMUM RATESOF 16
131-PAYFORUNITED STATESBORDER PATROL 17
132-AGENTS. 18
133-(a)HIGHERMINIMUMRATEOFPAY.—Notlater 19
134-thanJanuary1,2023,theDirectoroftheOfficeofPer-20
135-sonnelManagement— 21
136-(1)shall,inaccordancewithsection5305of 22
137-title5,UnitedStatesCode— 23
138-(A)increasetheminimumrateofpayfor 24
139-UnitedStatesBorderPatrolagentsatthe 25
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143-gradeGS–12oftheGeneralSchedulebynot 1
144-lessthan14percent;and 2
145-(B)increaseothergradesorlevels,occupa-3
146-tionalgroups,series,classes,orsubdivisions 4
147-thereof,asdeterminedbytheSecretaryof 5
148-HomelandSecurity;and 6
149-(2)maymakeincreasesinallratesinthepay 7
150-rangeforeachsuchgradeorlevel,inaccordance 8
151-withsuchsection5305. 9
152-(b)INAPPLICABILITY.—Thediscretiongrantedto 10
153-agencyheadsundersection5305(a)(2)oftitle5,United 11
154-StatesCode,shallnotapplytoincreaseinratesofpay 12
155-authorizedundersubsection(a). 13
156-SEC.4.CONTINUING TRAINING. 14
157-(a)INGENERAL.—TheCommissionershallrequire 15
158-allUnitedStatesBorderPatrolagentsandotheremploy-16
159-eesorcontractedemployeesdesignatedbytheCommis-17
160-sioner,toparticipateinannualcontinuingtrainingto 18
161-maintainandupdatetheirunderstandingof— 19
162-(1)DepartmentofHomelandSecuritypolicies, 20
163-procedures,andguidelines; 21
164-(2)thefundamentalsoflaw,ethics,andprofes-22
165-sionalconduct; 23
166-(3)applicableFederallawandregulations; 24
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170-(4)precedentiallegalrulings,includingFederal 1
171-CircuitCourtandUnitedStatesSupremeCourt 2
172-opinionsrelatingtothedutyofcareandtreatment 3
173-ofpersonsinthecustodyoftheUnitedStatesBor-4
174-derPatrolthattheCommissionerdeterminesare 5
175-relevanttoactivedutyagents; 6
176-(5)applicablemigrationtrendsthattheCom-7
177-missionerdeterminesarerelevant; 8
178-(6)bestpracticesforcoordinatingwithcommu-9
179-nitystakeholders;and 10
180-(7)anyotherinformationthattheCommis-11
181-sionerdeterminestoberelevanttoactiveduty 12
182-agents. 13
183-(b)TRAININGSUBJECTS.—Continuingtraining 14
184-underthissubsectionshallincludetrainingregarding— 15
185-(1)non-lethaluseofforcepoliciesavailableto 16
186-UnitedStatesBorderPatrolagentsandde-esca-17
187-lationstrategiesandmethods; 18
188-(2)identifying,screening,andrespondingto 19
189-vulnerablepopulations,suchaschildren,persons 20
190-withdiminishedmentalcapacity,victimsofhuman 21
191-trafficking,pregnantmothers,victimsofgender- 22
192-basedviolence,victimsoftortureorabuse,andthe 23
193-acutelyill; 24
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197-(3)trendsintransnationalcriminalorganiza-1
198-tionactivitiesthatimpactbordersecurityandmi-2
199-gration; 3
200-(4)policies,strategies,andprograms— 4
201-(A)toprotectdueprocess,thecivil, 5
202-human,andprivacyrightsofindividuals,and 6
203-theprivatepropertyrightsoflandowners; 7
204-(B)toreducethenumberofmigrantand 8
205-agentdeaths;and 9
206-(C)toimprovethesafetyofagentsonpa-10
207-trol; 11
208-(5)personalresilience; 12
209-(6)anti-corruptionandofficerethicstraining; 13
210-(7)currentmigrationtrends,includingupdated 14
211-culturalandsocietalissuesofnationsthatareasig-15
212-nificantsourceofmigrantswhoare— 16
213-(A)arrivingataUnitedStatesportof 17
214-entrytoseekhumanitarianprotection;or 18
215-(B)encounteredataUnitedStatesinter-19
216-nationalboundarywhileattemptingtoenter 20
217-withoutinspection; 21
218-(8)theimpactofbordersecurityoperationson 22
219-naturalresourcesandtheenvironment,including 23
220-strategiestolimittheimpactofbordersecurityop-24
221-erationsonnaturalresourcesandtheenvironment; 25
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225-(9)relevantcultural,societal,racial,andreli-1
226-gioustraining,includingcross-culturalcommunica-2
227-tionskills; 3
228-(10)trainingauthorizedunderthePrisonRape 4
229-EliminationActof2003(42U.S.C.15601etseq.); 5
230-(11)riskmanagementandsafetytrainingthat 6
231-includesagencyprotocolsforensuringpublicsafety, 7
232-personalsafety,andthesafetyofpersonsinthecus-8
233-todyoftheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity; 9
234-(12)non-lethal,self-defensetraining;and 10
235-(13)anyothertrainingthatmeetstherequire-11
236-mentstomaintainandupdatethesubjectsidentified 12
237-insubsection(a). 13
238-(c)COURSEREQUIREMENTS.—Coursesofferedunder 14
239-thissection— 15
240-(1)shallbeadministeredbytheUnitedStates 16
241-BorderPatrol,inconsultationwiththeFederalLaw 17
242-EnforcementTrainingCenter;and 18
243-(2)shallbeapprovedinadvancebytheCom-19
244-missionerofU.S.CustomsandBorderProtectionto 20
245-ensurethatsuchcoursessatisfytherequirementsfor 21
246-trainingunderthissection. 22
247-(d)ASSESSMENT.—Notlaterthan2yearsafterthe 23
248-dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theComptrollerGeneral 24
249-oftheUnitedStatesshallsubmitareporttotheCom-25
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253-mitteeonHomelandSecurityandGovernmentalAffairs 1
254-oftheSenateandtheCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 2
255-oftheHouseofRepresentativesthatassessesthetraining 3
256-andeducationprovidedpursuanttothissection,including 4
257-continuingeducation. 5
258-(e)FREQUENCYREQUIREMENTS.—Trainingoffered 6
259-aspartofcontinuingeducationunderthissectionshall 7
260-include— 8
261-(1)annualcoursesfocusingonthecurriculum 9
262-describedinparagraphs(1)through(6)ofsub-10
263-section(b);and 11
264-(2)biannualcoursesfocusingoncurriculumde-12
265-scribedinparagraphs(7)through(12)ofsubsection 13
266-(b). 14
267-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 15
268-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Patrol Enhance-16
269-ment Act’’. 17
270-SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE UNITED 18
271-STATES BORDER PATROL. 19
21+SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE UNITED 6
22+STATES BORDER PATROL. 7
27223 (a) D
273-EFINEDTERM.—In this Act, the term ‘‘validated 20
274-personnel requirements determination model’’ means a de-21
275-termination of the number of United States Border Patrol 22
276-agents needed to meet the critical mission requirements of 23
277-the United States Border Patrol to maintain an orderly 24
278-process for migrants entering the United States, that has 25
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282-been validated by a qualified research entity pursuant to 1
283-subsection (c). 2
284-(b) U
285-NITEDSTATESBORDERPATROLPERSONNEL 3
24+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
25+(1) Q
26+UALIFIED RESEARCH ENTITY .—The term 9
27+‘‘qualified research entity’’ means an independent, 10
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31+not-for-profit, federally funded research entity with 1
32+appropriate expertise and analytical capability to 2
33+analyze and validate the personnel requirements de-3
34+termination model. 4
35+(2) V
36+ALIDATED PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 5
37+DETERMINATION MODEL .—The term ‘‘validated per-6
38+sonnel requirements determination model’’ means a 7
39+determination of the number of United States Bor-8
40+der Patrol agents needed to meet the critical mission 9
41+requirements of the United States Border Patrol to 10
42+maintain an orderly process for migrants entering 11
43+the United States, that has been validated by a 12
44+qualified research entity pursuant to subsection (d). 13
45+(b) I
46+NGENERAL.—The authorized personnel level for 14
47+United States Border Patrol agents on the date of the en-15
48+actment of this Act is 20,500. 16
49+(c) U
50+NITEDSTATESBORDERPATROLPERSONNEL 17
28651 R
287-EQUIREMENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 4
52+EQUIREMENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 18
28853 (1) C
289-OMPLETION; NOTICE.—Not later than 180 5
290-days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 6
291-Commissioner shall complete a personnel require-7
292-ments determination model for United States Border 8
293-Patrol that builds on the 5-year United States Border 9
294-Patrol staffing and deployment plan referred to on 10
295-page 33 of House of Representatives Report 112–91 11
296-(May 26, 2011) and submit a notice of completion 12
297-to— 13
298-(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 14
299-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 15
300-(B) the Committee on Homeland Security of 16
301-the House of Representatives; 17
302-(C) the Director of the Office of Personnel 18
303-Management; and 19
304-(D) the Comptroller General of the United 20
305-States. 21
54+OMPLETION; NOTICE.—Not later than 180 19
55+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 20
56+Commissioner shall complete a personnel require-21
57+ments determination model for United States Border 22
58+Patrol that builds on the 5-year United States Bor-23
59+der Patrol staffing and deployment plan referred to 24
60+on page 33 of House of Representatives Report 25
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64+112–91 (May 26, 2011) and submit a notice of com-1
65+pletion to— 2
66+(A) the appropriate congressional commit-3
67+tees; 4
68+(B) the Director of the Office of Personnel 5
69+Management; and 6
70+(C) the Comptroller General of the United 7
71+States. 8
30672 (2) C
307-ERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 22
308-after the completion of the personnel requirements de-23
309-termination model described in paragraph (1), the 24
310-Commissioner shall submit a copy of such model, an 25
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314-explanation of its development, and a strategy for ob-1
315-taining independent verification of such model, to— 2
316-(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 3
317-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 4
318-(B) the Committee on Homeland Security of 5
319-the House of Representatives; 6
320-(C) the Office of Personnel Management; 7
321-and 8
322-(D) the Comptroller General of the United 9
323-States. 10
324-(c) I
325-NDEPENDENTSTUDY OFPERSONNELREQUIRE-11
326-MENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 12
73+ERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 9
74+after the completion of the personnel requirements 10
75+determination model described in paragraph (1), the 11
76+Commissioner shall submit a copy of such model and 12
77+a strategy for obtaining third-party validation of 13
78+such model, to— 14
79+(A) the appropriate congressional commit-15
80+tees; 16
81+(B) the Office of Personnel Management; 17
82+and 18
83+(C) the Comptroller General of the United 19
84+States. 20
85+(d) I
86+NDEPENDENT STUDY OFPERSONNELREQUIRE-21
87+MENTSDETERMINATIONMODEL.— 22
32788 (1) R
328-EQUIREMENT FOR STUDY .—Not later than 13
329-90 days after the completion of the personnel require-14
330-ments determination model pursuant to subsection 15
331-(b)(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall se-16
332-lect an entity that is technically, managerially, and 17
333-financially independent from the Department of 18
334-Homeland Security to conduct an independent 19
335-verification and validation of the model. 20
89+EQUIREMENT FOR STUDY .—Not later than 23
90+90 days after the completion of the personnel re-24
91+quirements determination model pursuant to sub-25
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95+section (c)(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security 1
96+shall enter into a contract with a qualified research 2
97+entity to conduct a study that analyzes the validity 3
98+of the model. 4
33699 (2) R
337-EPORTS.— 21
100+EPORTS.— 5
338101 (A) T
339-O SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 22
340-after the completion of the personnel require-23
341-ments determination model under subsection 24
342-(b)(1), the entity performing the independent 25
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346-verification and validation of the model shall 1
347-submit a report to the Secretary of Homeland 2
348-Security that includes— 3
349-(i) the results of the study conducted 4
350-pursuant to paragraph (1); and 5
351-(ii) any recommendations regarding 6
352-the model that such entity considers to be 7
353-appropriate. 8
102+O SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 6
103+year after the completion of the personnel re-7
104+quirements determination model under sub-8
105+section (c)(1), the qualified research entity shall 9
106+submit a report to the Secretary of Homeland 10
107+Security that includes— 11
108+(i) the results of the study required 12
109+under paragraph (1); and 13
110+(ii) any recommendations regarding 14
111+the model that the qualified research entity 15
112+considers to be appropriate. 16
354113 (B) T
355-O CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 9
356-after receiving the report described in subpara-10
357-graph (A), the Secretary of Homeland Security 11
358-shall submit such report, along with any addi-12
359-tional views or recommendations regarding the 13
360-personnel requirements determination model, to 14
361-the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-15
362-ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-16
363-mittee on Homeland Security of the House of 17
364-Representatives. 18
365-(d) A
366-UTHORITYTOHIREADDITIONALPERSONNEL.— 19
367-Beginning on the date that is 180 days after receiving a 20
368-report from a qualified research entity pursuant to sub-21
369-section (c)(2) that validates the personnel requirements de-22
370-termination model and after implementing any rec-23
371-ommendations to improve or update such model, the Sec-24
372-retary of Homeland Security may hire, train, and assign 25
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376-600 or more United States Border Patrol agents above the 1
377-attrition level during every fiscal year until the number of 2
378-active agents meets the level recommended by the validated 3
379-personnel requirements determination model. 4
380-SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER RATES OF REGULARLY 5
381-SCHEDULED OVERTIME PAY FOR UNITED 6
382-STATES BORDER PATROL AGENTS CLASSI-7
383-FIED AT GS–12. 8
384-Section 5550 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 9
385-by adding at the end the following: 10
386-‘‘(h) S
387-PECIALOVERTIMEPAY FORGS–12 BORDERPA-11
388-TROLAGENTS.— 12
389-‘‘(1) I
390-N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraphs 13
391-(1)(F), (2)(C), and (3)(C) of subsection (b), a border 14
392-patrol agent encumbering a position at grade GS–12 15
393-shall receive a special overtime payment under this 16
394-subsection for hours of regularly scheduled work de-17
395-scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) or (3)(A)(ii) of sub-18
396-section (b), as applicable, that are credited to the 19
397-agent through actual performance of work, crediting 20
398-under rules for canine agents under subsection 21
399-(b)(1)(F), or substitution of overtime hours in the 22
400-same work period under subsection (f)(2)(A), except 23
401-that no such payment may be made for periods of ab-24
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405-sence resulting in an hours obligation under para-1
406-graph (3) or (4) of subsection (f). 2
407-‘‘(2) C
408-OMPUTATION.—The special overtime pay-3
409-ment authorized under paragraph (1) shall be com-4
410-puted by multiplying the credited hours by 50 percent 5
411-of the border patrol agent’s hourly rate of basic pay, 6
412-rounded to the nearest cent. 7
413-‘‘(3) L
414-IMITATIONS.—The special overtime pay-8
415-ment authorized under paragraph (1)— 9
416-‘‘(A) is not considered basic pay for retire-10
417-ment under section 8331(3) or 8401(4) or for 11
418-any other purpose; 12
419-‘‘(B) is not payable during periods of paid 13
420-leave or other paid time off; and 14
421-‘‘(C) is not considered in computing an 15
422-agent’s lump-sum annual leave payment under 16
423-sections 5551 and 5552.’’. 17
424-SEC. 4. GAO ASSESSMENT OF RECRUITING EFFORTS, HIR-18
425-ING REQUIREMENTS, AND RETENTION OF 19
426-LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 20
427-The Comptroller General of the United States shall— 21
428-(1) conduct an assessment of U.S. Customs and 22
429-Border Protection’s— 23
430-(A) efforts to recruit law enforcement per-24
431-sonnel; 25
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435-(B) hiring process and job requirements re-1
436-lating to such recruitment; and 2
437-(C) retention of law enforcement personnel, 3
438-including the impact of employee compensation 4
439-on such retention efforts; and 5
440-(2) not later than 2 years after the date of the 6
441-enactment of this Act, submit a report containing the 7
442-results of such assessment to— 8
443-(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 9
444-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 10
445-(B) the Committee on Homeland Security of 11
446-the House of Representatives. 12
447-SEC. 5. CONTINUING TRAINING. 13
114+O CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 17
115+days after receiving the report described in sub-18
116+paragraph (A), the Secretary of Homeland Se-19
117+curity shall submit such report, along with any 20
118+additional views or recommendations regarding 21
119+the personnel requirements determination 22
120+model, to the Committee on Homeland Security 23
121+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 24
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125+Committee on Homeland Security of the House 1
126+of Representatives. 2
127+(e) A
128+UTHORITYTOADJUSTAUTHORIZED PER-3
129+SONNELLEVEL.—Beginning on the date that is 180 days 4
130+after receiving a report pursuant to subsection (d)(2) that 5
131+validates the personnel requirements determination model, 6
132+the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the au-7
133+thorized personnel level for the United States Border Pa-8
134+trol to a level that does not exceed the level recommended 9
135+by the validated personnel requirements determination 10
136+model. 11
137+SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER MINIMUM RATES OF 12
138+PAY FOR UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL 13
139+AGENTS. 14
140+(a) H
141+IGHERMINIMUMRATE OFPAY.—Not later 15
142+than January 1, 2023, the Director of the Office of Per-16
143+sonnel Management— 17
144+(1) shall, in accordance with section 5305 of 18
145+title 5, United States Code— 19
146+(A) increase the minimum rate of pay for 20
147+United States Border Patrol agents at the 21
148+grade GS–12 of the General Schedule by not 22
149+less than 14 percent; and 23
150+(B) increase other grades or levels, occupa-24
151+tional groups, series, classes, or subdivisions 25
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155+thereof, as determined by the Secretary of 1
156+Homeland Security; and 2
157+(2) may make increases in all rates in the pay 3
158+range for each such grade or level, in accordance 4
159+with such section 5305. 5
160+(b) I
161+NAPPLICABILITY.—The discretion granted to 6
162+agency heads under section 5305(a)(2) of title 5, United 7
163+States Code, shall not apply to increase in rates of pay 8
164+authorized under subsection (a). 9
165+SEC. 4. CONTINUING TRAINING. 10
448166 (a) I
449-NGENERAL.—The Commissioner shall require all 14
450-United States Border Patrol agents and other employees or 15
451-contracted employees designated by the Commissioner, to 16
452-participate in annual continuing training to maintain and 17
453-update their understanding of— 18
454-(1) Department of Homeland Security policies, 19
455-procedures, and guidelines; 20
456-(2) the fundamentals of law, ethics, and profes-21
457-sional conduct; 22
458-(3) applicable Federal law and regulations; 23
459-(4) precedential legal rulings, including Federal 24
460-Circuit Court and United States Supreme Court 25
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464-opinions relating to the duty of care and treatment 1
465-of persons in the custody of the United States Border 2
466-Patrol that the Commissioner determines are relevant 3
467-to active duty agents; 4
468-(5) applicable migration trends that the Com-5
469-missioner determines are relevant; 6
470-(6) best practices for coordinating with commu-7
471-nity stakeholders; and 8
472-(7) any other information that the Commissioner 9
473-determines to be relevant to active duty agents. 10
167+NGENERAL.—The Commissioner shall require 11
168+all United States Border Patrol agents and other employ-12
169+ees or contracted employees designated by the Commis-13
170+sioner, to participate in annual continuing training to 14
171+maintain and update their understanding of— 15
172+(1) Department of Homeland Security policies, 16
173+procedures, and guidelines; 17
174+(2) the fundamentals of law, ethics, and profes-18
175+sional conduct; 19
176+(3) applicable Federal law and regulations; 20
177+(4) precedential legal rulings, including Federal 21
178+Circuit Court and United States Supreme Court 22
179+opinions relating to the duty of care and treatment 23
180+of persons in the custody of the United States Bor-24
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184+der Patrol that the Commissioner determines are 1
185+relevant to active duty agents; 2
186+(5) applicable migration trends that the Com-3
187+missioner determines are relevant; 4
188+(6) best practices for coordinating with commu-5
189+nity stakeholders; and 6
190+(7) any other information that the Commis-7
191+sioner determines to be relevant to active duty 8
192+agents. 9
474193 (b) T
475-RAININGSUBJECTS.—Continuing training under 11
476-this subsection shall include training regarding— 12
477-(1) non-lethal use of force policies available to 13
478-United States Border Patrol agents and de-escalation 14
479-strategies and methods; 15
480-(2) identifying, screening, and responding to vul-16
481-nerable populations, such as children, persons with 17
482-diminished mental capacity, victims of human traf-18
483-ficking, pregnant mothers, victims of gender-based vi-19
484-olence, victims of torture or abuse, and the acutely ill; 20
194+RAININGSUBJECTS.—Continuing training 10
195+under this subsection shall include training regarding— 11
196+(1) non-lethal use of force policies available to 12
197+United States Border Patrol agents and de-esca-13
198+lation strategies and methods; 14
199+(2) identifying, screening, and responding to 15
200+vulnerable populations, such as children, persons 16
201+with diminished mental capacity, victims of human 17
202+trafficking, pregnant mothers, victims of gender- 18
203+based violence, victims of torture or abuse, and the 19
204+acutely ill; 20
485205 (3) trends in transnational criminal organiza-21
486-tion activities that impact border security and migra-22
487-tion; 23
206+tion activities that impact border security and mi-22
207+gration; 23
488208 (4) policies, strategies, and programs— 24
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492-(A) to protect due process, the civil, human, 1
493-and privacy rights of individuals, and the pri-2
494-vate property rights of land owners; 3
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212+(A) to protect due process, the civil, 1
213+human, and privacy rights of individuals, and 2
214+the private property rights of land owners; 3
495215 (B) to reduce the number of migrant and 4
496216 agent deaths; and 5
497217 (C) to improve the safety of agents on pa-6
498218 trol; 7
499219 (5) personal resilience; 8
500220 (6) anti-corruption and officer ethics training; 9
501221 (7) current migration trends, including updated 10
502222 cultural and societal issues of nations that are a sig-11
503223 nificant source of migrants who are— 12
504224 (A) arriving at a United States port of 13
505225 entry to seek humanitarian protection; or 14
506226 (B) encountered at a United States inter-15
507227 national boundary while attempting to enter 16
508228 without inspection; 17
509229 (8) the impact of border security operations on 18
510230 natural resources and the environment, including 19
511-strategies to limit the impact of border security oper-20
512-ations on natural resources and the environment; 21
231+strategies to limit the impact of border security op-20
232+erations on natural resources and the environment; 21
513233 (9) relevant cultural, societal, racial, and reli-22
514234 gious training, including cross-cultural communica-23
515235 tion skills; 24
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519239 (10) training authorized under the Prison Rape 1
520240 Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.); 2
521241 (11) risk management and safety training that 3
522242 includes agency protocols for ensuring public safety, 4
523243 personal safety, and the safety of persons in the cus-5
524244 tody of the Department of Homeland Security; 6
525245 (12) non-lethal, self-defense training; and 7
526246 (13) any other training that meets the require-8
527247 ments to maintain and update the subjects identified 9
528248 in subsection (a). 10
529249 (c) C
530250 OURSEREQUIREMENTS.—Courses offered under 11
531251 this section— 12
532252 (1) shall be administered by the United States 13
533253 Border Patrol, in consultation with the Federal Law 14
534254 Enforcement Training Center; and 15
535-(2) shall be approved in advance by the Commis-16
536-sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to en-17
537-sure that such courses satisfy the requirements for 18
255+(2) shall be approved in advance by the Com-16
256+missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 17
257+ensure that such courses satisfy the requirements for 18
538258 training under this section. 19
539259 (d) A
540260 SSESSMENT.—Not later than 2 years after the 20
541261 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 21
542-of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee 22
543-on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 23
544-Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 24
545-House of Representatives that assesses the training and edu-25
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549-cation provided pursuant to this section, including con-1
550-tinuing education. 2
262+of the United States shall submit a report to the Com-22
263+mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 23
264+of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 24
265+of the House of Representatives that assesses the training 25
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269+and education provided pursuant to this section, including 1
270+continuing education. 2
551271 (e) F
552-REQUENCYREQUIREMENTS.—Training offered as 3
553-part of continuing education under this section shall in-4
554-clude— 5
272+REQUENCYREQUIREMENTS.—Training offered 3
273+as part of continuing education under this section shall 4
274+include— 5
555275 (1) annual courses focusing on the curriculum 6
556-described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection 7
557-(b); and 8
276+described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of sub-7
277+section (b); and 8
558278 (2) biannual courses focusing on curriculum de-9
559279 scribed in paragraphs (7) through (12) of subsection 10
560280 (b). 11
561-SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 12
562-(a) R
563-ECRUITMENT AND RETENTIONREPORT.—The 13
564-Comptroller General of the United States shall— 14
565-(1) conduct a study of the recruitment and reten-15
566-tion of female agents in the United States Border Pa-16
567-trol that examines— 17
568-(A) the recruitment, application processes, 18
569-training, promotion, and other aspects of em-19
570-ployment for women in the United States Border 20
571-Patrol; 21
572-(B) the training, complaints system, and 22
573-redress for sexual harassment and assault; and 23
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577-(C) additional issues related to recruitment 1
578-and retention of female Border Patrol agents; 2
579-and 3
580-(2) not later than 1 year after the date of the en-4
581-actment of this Act, submit a report containing the 5
582-results of such study and recommendations for ad-6
583-dressing any identified deficiencies or opportunities 7
584-for improvement to— 8
585-(A) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 9
586-Border Protection; 10
587-(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 11
588-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 12
589-(C) the Committee on Homeland Security of 13
590-the House of Representatives. 14
591-(b) I
592-MPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 90 15
593-days after receiving the recruitment and retention report 16
594-required under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall sub-17
595-mit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 18
596-Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 19
597-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that de-20
598-scribes the status of the Commissioner’s efforts to implement 21
599-any recommendations included in recruitment and reten-22
600-tion report. 23
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612-S. 1444
613-[Report No. 118–267]
614-A BILL
615-To increase the pay and enhance the training of
616-United States Border Patrol agents, and for
617-other purposes.
618-D
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620-9, 2024
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