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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2314 

To increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of 

Field Operations officers and support staff and to require reports that 

identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at ports of entry. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 17, 2018 

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. HEITKAMP, and Ms. HARRIS) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers and support staff 

and to require reports that identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at ports 

of entry. 

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 and Port Secu5 rity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC2 TION PERSONNEL. 

3 (a) OFFICERS.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

4 and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign not 

5 fewer than 500 new Office of Field Operations officers 

6 above the current authorized level every fiscal year until 

7 the total number of Office of Field Operations officers 

8 equals the requirements identified each year in the Work9 load Staffing Model. 

10 (b) SUPPORT STAFF.—The Commissioner is author11 ized to hire, train, and assign support staff, including 

12 technicians, to perform non-law enforcement administra13 tive functions to support the new Office of Field Oper14 ations officers hired pursuant to subsection (a). 

15 (c) TRAFFIC FORECASTS.—In calculating the number 

16 of Office of Field Operations officers needed at each port 

17 of entry through the Workload Staffing Model, the Office 

18 of Field Operations shall— 

19 (1) rely on data collected regarding the inspec20 tions and other activities conducted at each such 

21 port of entry; and 

22 (2) consider volume from seasonal surges, other 

23 projected changes in commercial and passenger vol24 umes, the most current commercial forecasts, and 

25 other relevant information. 


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1 (d) REPORT ON WORKLOAD STAFFING MODEL UP2 DATES.—As part of the Annual Report on Staffing re3 quired under section 411(g)(5)(A) of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(g)(5)(A)), the Commis5 sioner shall include information concerning the progress 

6 made toward meeting Office of Field Operations officer 

7 and support staff hiring targets, while accounting for at8 trition. 

9 (e) GAO REPORT.—If the Commissioner does not 

10 hire the 500 additional Office of Field Operations officers 

11 authorized under subsection (a) in fiscal year 2020, or in 

12 any subsequent fiscal year in which the hiring require13 ments set forth in the Workload Staffing Model have not 

14 been achieved, the Comptroller General of the United 

15 States shall— 

16 (1) conduct a review of U.S. Customs and Bor17 der Protection hiring practices to determine the rea18 sons that such requirements were not achieved and 

19 other issues related to hiring by U.S. Customs and 

20 Border Protection; and 

21 (2) submit a report to the Committee on Home22 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen23 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

24 House of Representatives that describes the results 

25 of the review conducted under paragraph (1). 


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1 SEC. 3. PORTS OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCE2 MENT REPORT. 

3 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

5 Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee 

6 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

7 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

8 House of Representatives that identifies— 

9 (1) infrastructure improvements at ports of 

10 entry that would enhance the ability of Office of 

11 Field Operations officers to interdict opioids and 

12 other drugs that are being illegally transported into 

13 the United States, including a description of cir14 cumstances at specific ports of entry that prevent 

15 the implementation of technology used at other ports 

16 of entry; 

17 (2) detection equipment that would improve the 

18 ability of such Office of Field Operations officers to 

19 identify opioids, including precursors and deriva20 tives, that are being illegally transported into the 

21 United States; and 

22 (3) safety equipment that would protect such 

23 Office of Field Operations officers from accidental 

24 exposure to such drugs or other dangers associated 

25 with the inspection of potential drug traffickers. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act $69,520,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 

4 through 2024. 

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