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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2557 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2023 

Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs, 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 ‘‘CBP Workload Staff5 ing Model Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD2 ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 

3 MARINE OPERATIONS OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND 

4 BORDER PROTECTION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus6 toms and Border Protection shall, in coordination with the 

7 Under Secretary for Management, Chief Human Capital 

8 Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 

9 Homeland Security, develop and implement, by not later 

10 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 a workload staffing model for each of the following: 

12 (1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 

13 (2) Air and Marine Operations. 

14 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF

15 CBP.—Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Se16 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 

18 as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol20 lowing new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(18) implement a staffing model that includes 

22 consideration for essential frontline operator activi23 ties and functions, variations in operating environ24 ments, present and planned infrastructure, present 

25 and planned technology, and required operations 

26 support levels for the U.S. Border Patrol, Air and 


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1 Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Oper2 ations, to manage and assign personnel of such enti3 ties to ensure field and support posts possess ade4 quate resources to carry out duties specified in this 

5 section; 

6 ‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 

7 for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 

8 Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 

9 Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 

10 each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 

11 purpose of such system, and implement internal con12 trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 

13 reporting of actual completed work hours and activi14 ties;’’. 

15 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act with respect to subsection 

17 (a) and paragraphs (18) and (19) of section 411(c) of the 

18 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as amended by sub19 section (b)), and annually thereafter with respect to such 

20 paragraphs (18) and (19), the Secretary of Homeland Se21 curity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu22 rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

23 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

24 Senate a status update on the implementation of this Act 

25 and such paragraphs (18) and (19), and status updates 


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1 on such paragraphs (18) and (19), as well as all relevant 

2 workload staffing models. Such status updates shall in3 clude information on data sources and methodology used 

4 to generate such staffing models. 

5 (d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 

6 120 days after the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

7 Border Protection develops a workload staffing model pur8 suant to subsection (a), the Inspector General of the De9 partment of Homeland Security shall review such model 

10 and provide feedback to the Secretary of Homeland Secu11 rity and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home13 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re14 garding the degree to which such model is responsive to 

15 Inspector General recommendations, including rec16 ommendations from the Inspector General’s February 

17 2019 audit, and as appropriate, any further recommenda18 tions to improve such model. 

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