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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 434
5	5	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve U.S. Customs
6	6	and Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs, and for
7	7	other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY15, 2025
10	10	Mr. H
11	11	IGGINSof Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred
12	12	to the Committee on Homeland Security
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve
15	15	U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identifica-
16	16	tion of staffing needs, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CBP Workload Staff-4
21	21	ing Model Act’’. 5
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24	24	•HR 434 IH
25	25	SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-1
26	26	ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 2
27	27	MARINE OPERATIONS OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND 3
28	28	BORDER PROTECTION. 4
29	29	(a) I
30	30	NGENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus-5
31	31	toms and Border Protection shall, in coordination with the 6
32	32	Under Secretary for Management, Chief Human Capital 7
33	33	Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 8
34	34	Homeland Security, develop and implement, by not later 9
35	35	than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
36	36	a workload staffing model for each of the following: 11
37	37	(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 12
38	38	(2) Air and Marine Operations. 13
39	39	(b) R
40	40	ESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF 14
41	41	CBP.—Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Se-15
42	42	curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is amended— 16
43	43	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 17
44	44	as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 18
45	45	(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-19
46	46	lowing new paragraphs: 20
47	47	‘‘(18) implement a staffing model that includes 21
48	48	consideration for essential frontline operator activi-22
49	49	ties and functions, variations in operating environ-23
50	50	ments, present and planned infrastructure, present 24
51	51	and planned technology, and required operations 25
52	52	support levels for the U.S. Border Patrol, Air and 26
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56	56	Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Oper-1
57	57	ations, to manage and assign personnel of such enti-2
58	58	ties to ensure field and support posts possess ade-3
59	59	quate resources to carry out duties specified in this 4
60	60	section; 5
61	61	‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 6
62	62	for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 7
63	63	Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 8
64	64	Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 9
65	65	each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 10
66	66	purpose of such system, and implement internal con-11
67	67	trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 12
68	68	reporting of actual completed work hours and activi-13
69	69	ties;’’. 14
70	70	(c) R
71	71	EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 15
72	72	of the enactment of this Act with respect to subsection 16
73	73	(a) and paragraphs (18) and (19) of section 411(c) of the 17
74	74	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as amended by sub-18
75	75	section (b)), and annually thereafter with respect to such 19
76	76	paragraphs (18) and (19), the Secretary of Homeland Se-20
77	77	curity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-21
78	78	rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 22
79	79	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 23
80	80	Senate a status update on the implementation of this Act 24
81	81	and such paragraphs (18) and (19), and annual status 25
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85	85	updates regarding such paragraphs (18) and (19), as well 1
86	86	as all relevant workload staffing models. Such status up-2
87	87	dates shall include information on data sources and meth-3
88	88	odology used to generate such staffing models. 4
89	89	(d) I
90	90	NSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 5
91	91	120 days after the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 6
92	92	Border Protection develops a workload staffing model pur-7
93	93	suant to subsection (a), the Inspector General of the De-8
94	94	partment of Homeland Security shall review such model 9
95	95	and provide feedback to the Secretary of Homeland Secu-10
96	96	rity and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 11
97	97	House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-12
98	98	land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re-13
99	99	garding the degree to which such model is responsive to 14
100	100	Inspector General recommendations, including rec-15
101	101	ommendations from the Inspector General’s February 16
102	102	2019 audit, and as appropriate, any further recommenda-17
103	103	tions to improve such model. 18
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