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Calendar No. 527 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1004 

[Report No. 116–264] 

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 

APRIL 3, 2019 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 

PORTMAN, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

CASEY, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. KING, and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s 

3 Ports of Entry Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC5 TION PERSONNEL. 

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

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

8 fewer than 600 new Office of Field Operations officers 

9 above the current attrition level during every fiscal year 

10 until the total number of Office of Field Operations offi11 cers equals and sustains the requirements identified each 

12 year in the Workload Staffing Model. 

13 (b) SUPPORT STAFF.—The Commissioner is author14 ized to hire, train, and assign support staff, including 

15 technicians, to perform non-law enforcement administra16 tive functions to support the new Office of Field Oper17 ations officers hired pursuant to subsection (a). 

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

19 of Office of Field Operations officers needed at each port 

20 of entry through the Workload Staffing Model, the Office 

21 of Field Operations shall— 

22 (1) rely on data collected regarding the inspec23 tions and other activities conducted at each such 

24 port of entry; and 

25 (2) consider volume from seasonal surges, other 

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1 umes, the most current commercial forecasts, and 

2 other relevant information. 

3 (d) GAO REPORT.—If the Commissioner does not 

4 hire the 600 additional Office of Field Operations officers 

5 authorized under subsection (a) during fiscal year 2020, 

6 or during any subsequent fiscal year in which the hiring 

7 requirements set forth in the Workload Staffing Model 

8 have not been achieved, the Comptroller General of the 

9 United States shall— 

10 (1) conduct a review of U.S. Customs and Bor11 der Protection hiring practices to determine the rea12 sons that such requirements were not achieved and 

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

14 Border Protection; and 

15 (2) submit a report to the Committee on Home16 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen17 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

18 House of Representatives that describes the results 

19 of the review conducted under paragraph (1). 

20 SEC. 3. PORTS OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCE21 MENT REPORT. 

22 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

24 Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee 

25 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 


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1 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

2 House of Representatives that identifies— 

3 (1) infrastructure improvements at ports of 

4 entry that would enhance the ability of Office of 

5 Field Operations officers to interdict opioids and 

6 other drugs that are being illegally transported into 

7 the United States, including a description of cir8 cumstances at specific ports of entry that prevent 

9 the deployment of technology used at other ports of 

10 entry; 

11 (2) detection equipment that would improve the 

12 ability of such officers to identify opioids, including 

13 precursors and derivatives, that are being illegally 

14 transported into the United States; and 

15 (3) safety equipment that would protect such 

16 officers from accidental exposure to such drugs or 

17 other dangers associated with the inspection of po18 tential drug traffickers. 

19 SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.— 

21 (1) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The Commissioner 

22 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consulta23 tion with the Executive Assistant Commissioner of 

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1 terly report to the appropriate congressional commit2 tees that includes, for the reporting period— 

3 (A) the number of temporary duty assign4 ments; 

5 (B) the number of U.S. Customs and Bor6 der Protection employees required for each tem7 porary duty assignment; 

8 (C) the ports of entry from which such em9 ployees were reassigned; 

10 (D) the ports of entry to which such em11 ployees were reassigned; 

12 (E) the ports of entry at which reimburs13 able service agreements have been entered into 

14 that may be affected by temporary duty assign15 ments; 

16 (F) the duration of each temporary duty 

17 assignment; and 

18 (G) the cost of each temporary duty as19 signment. 

20 (2) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The report required 

21 under paragraph (1) shall identify, with respect to 

22 each of the statistics described in subparagraphs (A) 

23 through (G) of such paragraph, information relating 

24 to preventing or responding to illegal entries along 

25 the southwest border of the United States, including 


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1 the costs relating to temporary redeployments along 

2 the southwest border. 

3 (3) NOTICE.—Not later than 10 days before re4 deploying employees from 1 port of entry to another, 

5 absent emergency circumstances— 

6 (A) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

7 and Border Protection shall notify the director 

8 of the port of entry from which employees will 

9 be reassigned of the intended redeployments; 

10 and 

11 (B) the port director shall notify impacted 

12 facilities (including airports, seaports, and land 

13 ports) of the intended redeployments. 

14 (4) STAFF BRIEFING.—The Commissioner of 

15 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consulta16 tion with the Assistant Commissioner of the Office 

17 of Field Operations, shall brief all affected U.S. Cus18 toms and Border Protection employees regarding 

19 plans to mitigate vulnerabilities created by any 

20 planned staffing reductions at ports of entry. 

21 (b) REIMBURSABLE SERVICES AGREEMENTS QUAR22 TERLY REPORT.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

23 Border Protection shall submit a quarterly report to the 

24 appropriate congressional committees regarding the use of 


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1 reimbursable service agreements by U.S. Customs and 

2 Border Protection, which shall include— 

3 (1) the governmental or private entities with an 

4 active reimbursable service agreement, including the 

5 locations at which the contracted services are being 

6 performed; 

7 (2) a description of the factors that were con8 sidered before entering into each of the active reim9 bursable service agreements referred to in paragraph 

10 (1); 

11 (3) the number of hours that U.S. Customs and 

12 Border Protection Officers worked during the re13 porting period in fulfillment of responsibilities 

14 agreed to under each of the reimbursable service 

15 agreements; and 

16 (4) the total costs incurred by U.S. Customs 

17 and Border Protection relating to each reimbursable 

18 service agreement, including the amount of such 

19 costs that were reimbursed by the contracted entity. 

20 (c) ANNUAL WORKLOAD STAFFING MODEL RE21 PORT.—As part of the Annual Report on Staffing required 

22 under section 411(g)(5)(A) of the Homeland Security Act 

23 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(g)(5)(A)), the Commissioner shall 

24 include— 


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1 (1) information concerning the progress made 

2 toward meeting the Office of Field Operations offi3 cer and support staff hiring targets set forth in sec4 tion 2, while accounting for attrition; 

5 (2) an update to the information provided in 

6 the Resource Optimization at the Ports of Entry re7 port, which was submitted to Congress on Sep8 tember 12, 2017, pursuant to the Department of 

9 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi10 sion F of Public Law 115–31); and 

11 (3) a summary of the information included in 

12 the quarterly reports required under subsections (a) 

13 and (b). 

14 (d) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap15 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

17 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

18 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 Senate; 

20 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

21 House of Representatives; and 

22 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act— 

4 (1) $80,908,929 for fiscal year 2020; and 

5 (2) $97,132,268 for each of the fiscal years 

6 2021 through 2026. 


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Calendar No. 527 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1004 

[Report No. 116–264] 

A BILL 

To increase the number of U.S. Customs and Borneeded to enhance security at ports of entry. identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment and support staff and to require reports that der Protection Office of Field Operations officers 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported without amendment 


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