I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3891 
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require an annual 
report and update the northern border threat analysis, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2025 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. TIFFANY, 
Ms. TENNEY, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mrs. HINSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to re-
quire an annual report and update the northern border 
threat analysis, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Secu-
rity and Staffing Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Between 2002 and 2011, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) roughly doubled their 
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staffing levels, and according to the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Office Workload Staffing 
Model that calculates the number of CBP officers 
estimated to carry out the CBP mission at each air, 
sea, and land port of entry in the United States, 
states that the current staffing gap between the 
model results and the current staffing levels indi-
cates a nationwide staffing shortage of 5,800 CBP 
officers. 
(2) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 
(Public Law 110–161) made Customs and Border 
Protection Officers eligible for the 1.7 percent en-
hanced law enforcement officer (LEO) retirement 
system, which allows law enforcement officers to re-
tire at age 50 with 20 years of service, or at any age 
with 25 years of service. 
(3) On April 30, 2024, then-Senior Official Per-
forming the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. 
Miller testified before the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives that ports of 
entry face a 400 percent increase in retirements in 
2028. 
(4) This retirement surge would disproportion-
ately affect ports of entry along the northern border. 
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(5) A 400 percent retirement surge would leave 
ports of entry along the northern border under-
staffed and unable to protect the American people 
from threats. 
(6) Ports of entry along the northern border 
face unique staffing challenges due to their harsh 
winters, isolated locations, limited economic opportu-
nities, and scarce housing markets. These factors 
make it difficult for northern ports of entry to re-
cruit and retain officers who are not from its region. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that U.S. Customs and Border Protection must 
begin a hiring surge of qualified recruits at ports of entry 
along the northern border to avoid the disastrous effects 
of the impending retirement surge, future retirement 
surges, and current staffing shortage. 
SEC. 3. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS UPDATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border Security 
Review Act (Public Law 114–267) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Northern Border Security and Staffing Reform Act 
and every five years thereafter’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (6) as paragraphs (7) through (10), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) the current number of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection officers and agents deployed along 
the northern border compared with the projected de-
mand over the following years for such officers and 
agents; 
‘‘(4) the future retirement surges of such offi-
cers and agents, associated risks, and plans for miti-
gation of such risks; 
‘‘(5) any housing challenges along the northern 
border for such officers and agents; 
‘‘(6) the development of local recruiting plans 
to promote the hiring of new U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection officers and agents local to areas 
close to northern ports of entry;’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall also include in each threat anal-
ysis required under subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(1) A plan, and any updates thereto, to ad-
dress future retirement surges, staffing challenges, 
and staffing shortages along the northern border. 
‘‘(2) An assessment of the feasibility of the use 
of various recruitment and retention tools, including 
direct hire authority, recruitment, retention, and re-
location bonuses, additional pay authorities, and stu-
dent loan repayment programs to address staffing 
shortages along the northern border.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘local re-
cruiting plans’ means plans designed to motivate, recruit, 
hire, assist, and mentor local qualified candidates to apply 
for and have a career in U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion at nearby ports of entry.’’. 
Æ 
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