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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1560 

To ensure the integrity of border and immigration enforcement efforts by 

requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement to administer law enforcement polygraph examinations to all applicants for law enforcement positions and to require 

post-hire polygraph examinations for law enforcement personnel as part 

of periodic reinvestigations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 13, 2017 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To ensure the integrity of border and immigration enforcement efforts by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

to administer law enforcement polygraph examinations 

to all applicants for law enforcement positions and to 

require post-hire polygraph examinations for law enforcement personnel as part of periodic reinvestigations. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrity in Border 

3 and Immigration Enforcement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITION.—The term 

7 ‘‘law enforcement position’’ means any law enforce8 ment position in U.S. Customs and Border Protec9 tion (‘‘CBP’’) or U.S. Immigration and Customs 

10 Enforcement (‘‘ICE’’). 

11 (2) POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION.—The term 

12 ‘‘polygraph examination’’ means the Law Enforce13 ment Pre-Employment Test certified by the National 

14 Center for Credibility Assessment. 

15 SEC. 3. POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCE16 MENT PERSONNEL. 

17 (a) APPLICANTS.—Beginning not later than 30 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

19 of Homeland Security— 

20 (1) shall require that polygraph examinations 

21 are conducted on all applicants for law enforcement 

22 positions; and 

23 (2) may not hire any applicant for a law en24 forcement position who does not pass a polygraph 

25 examination. 


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1 (b) TARGETED POLYGRAPH REINVESTIGATIONS.— 

2 Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu4 rity, as part of each background reinvestigation, shall ad5 minister a polygraph examination to— 

6 (1) every CBP law enforcement employee who 

7 is determined by the Inspector General of the De8 partment of Homeland Security to be part of a pop9 ulation at risk of corruption or misconduct, based on 

10 an analysis of past incidents of misconduct and cor11 ruption; and 

12 (2) every ICE law enforcement employee who is 

13 determined by the Inspector General of the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security to be part of a popu15 lation at risk of corruption or misconduct, based on 

16 an analysis of past incidents of misconduct and cor17 ruption. 

18 (c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE

19 TARGETED POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS.—The Inspector 

20 General of the Department of Homeland Security may— 

21 (1) delegate the authority under subsection 

22 (b)(1) to the CBP Office of Professional Responsi23 bility; and 


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1 (2) delegate the authority under subsection 

2 (b)(2) to the ICE Office of Professional Responsi3 bility. 

4 (d) RANDOM POLYGRAPH REINVESTIGATIONS.—Be5 ginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

7 shall— 

8 (1) randomly administer a polygraph examina9 tion each year to at least 5 percent of CBP law en10 forcement employees who are undergoing back11 ground reinvestigations during that year and have 

12 not been selected for a targeted polygraph examina13 tion under subsection (b)(1); and 

14 (2) randomly administer a polygraph examina15 tion each year to at least 5 percent of ICE law en16 forcement employees who are undergoing back17 ground reinvestigations during that year and have 

18 not been selected for a targeted polygraph examina19 tion under subsection (b)(2). 

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