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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8794 

To require an assessment of CBP and ICE staffing at the southern border, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2024 

Mr. ALLRED (for himself and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require an assessment of CBP and ICE staffing at the 

southern border, 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 Workforce Im5 provement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT ON DHS STAFFING NEEDS AT THE 

7 SOUTHERN BORDER. 

8 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 


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1 Security, in coordination with the Commissioner of U.S. 

2 Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Director of 

3 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and 

4 the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration 

5 Services (USCIS), shall conduct an assessment of staffing 

6 needs at the southern border of the United States. 

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection 

8 (a) shall include the following: 

9 (1) Reviews of existing staffing models and 

10 methodologies for deploying personnel of CBP, ICE, 

11 and USCIS at the southern border and across the 

12 country, and the effect of continuously relying on de13 tails and overtime to temporarily fill staffing gaps. 

14 (2) Factors within and outside of the control of 

15 the Department of Homeland Security that are af16 fecting workloads and exacerbating staffing chal17 lenges to identify solutions CBP, ICE, and USCIS 

18 can accomplish, as well as solutions that require con19 gressional action. 

20 (3) An identification of critical capability gaps 

21 in human resources, new technology integration, and 

22 streamlined risk management systems across CBP, 

23 ICE, and USCIS. 

24 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

25 on which the assessment under subsection (a) is complete, 


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1 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees a report that in3 cludes the following: 

4 (1) The findings of such assessment. 

5 (2) A description of how the Secretary, the 

6 Commissioner of CBP, the Director of ICE, and the 

7 Director of USCIS should implement the rec8 ommendations contained in such assessment. 

9 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

10 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con11 gressional committees’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee of Homeland Security and 

13 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

14 Representatives; and 

15 (2) the Committee of Homeland Security and 

16 Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appro17 priations of the Senate. 

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