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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4451 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a program to 

prioritize efforts to secure the international borders of the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 

Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ZINKE, and Mr. 

MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a program to prioritize efforts to secure the international 

borders of the United States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Security 

5 Health Initiative Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 434. BORDER SECURITY PRIORITIZATION. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—To ensure the 

3 prioritization of efforts to secure the international borders 

4 of the United States, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

5 and Border Protection, in consultation with the Chief 

6 Medical Officer of the Department, shall establish a pro7 gram to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents who 

8 are removed from border security operations for the pur9 pose of accompanying to medical treatment facilities ill or 

10 injured individuals interdicted by the Border Patrol. 

11 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program es12 tablished in accordance with subsection (a) shall place ap13 propriate medical personnel from the Department at Bor14 der Patrol stations along the Southwest border to ensure 

15 Border Patrol agents are able to prioritize securing the 

16 international borders of the United States.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

18 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 433 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 434. Border security prioritization.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

22 Not later than one year after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act and two years thereafter, the Commis24 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in coordi25 nation with the Chief Medical Officer of the Department 


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1 of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

3 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

4 Affairs of the Senate a report on implementation of the 

5 program established pursuant to section 434 of the Home6 land Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this 

7 Act, including a list of Border Patrol stations within which 

8 such program is operational, statistics on Border Patrol 

9 agent hours spent on border security operations that 

10 would have otherwise been spent accompanying to medical 

11 treatment facilities ill or injured detainees, and an esti12 mation of efficiencies and costs savings gained from imple13 mentation of such program versus treating at local med14 ical treatment facilitates ill or injured detainees. 

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