H. R. 4467 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
To direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland 
Security to assess contracts for covered services performed by contractor personnel 
along the United States land border with Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Border Services Contracts 
Review Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTS FOR COVERED SERVICES BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with appropriate officials of the Department, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding 
active contracts for covered services of the Department awarded 
on or before— 
(A) September 30, 2023; or 
(B) the date of the enactment of this Act, 
whichever occurs later. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) The criteria used by the Department of Homeland 
Security to determine whether contractor personnel were 
necessary to assist the Department in carrying out its 
mission along the United States land border with Mexico. 
(B) An analysis of the purpose, quantity, and location 
of contractor personnel to perform covered services of the 
Department with respect to effectively— 
(i) addressing mission needs along such border; 
and 
(ii) enhancing the capability of Department per-
sonnel to perform primary mission responsibilities, 
including the number of Department personnel not 
removed from their primary mission responsibilities 
by reason of the performance of covered services by 
contractor personnel. 
(C) An assessment with respect to the benefits of con-
tractor personnel performing covered services, including 
whether the performance of such services by contractor
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personnel is more efficient or effective than the perform-
ance of such services by Department employees. 
(D) An assessment of opportunities to increase the 
efficiency of the Department with respect to contracting, 
including whether Department-wide contract vehicles for 
covered services would be the most cost effective option 
for the performance of covered services. 
(E) A strategy to improve the procurement and delivery 
of covered services through contracts during the five-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act to— 
(i) achieve the best value for the Department 
through the use of full and open competition; and 
(ii) ensure no lapse in the performance of such 
services. 
(F) Recommendations based on findings resulting from 
the analysis and assessments required in subparagraphs 
(B) through (D). 
(G) Any other information relating to contracts for 
covered services that the Under Secretary for Management 
determines appropriate. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Management 
shall submit with the report required under subsection (a) 
a plan to implement the recommendations and strategy con-
tained in such report to enhance coordination, minimize 
overlap, and increase cost effectiveness among contracts for 
covered services. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date on 
which the Under Secretary for Management submits the report 
required under subsection (a) and the plan required under 
paragraph (1) and every 180 days thereafter until such plan 
is fully implemented, the Under Secretary, or the designee 
of the Under Secretary, shall provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a briefing with respect to the status 
of such implementation. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.—No funds are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section. This section shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized to be made available for 
such purposes. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) CONTRACT FOR COVERED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘contract 
for covered services’’ means a contract (with a total contract 
value of $50,000,000 or more in 2023 constant dollars, inclusive 
of contract options) relating to the procurement of covered 
services for the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) COVERED
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered services’’ 
means, with respect to the United States land border with
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Mexico, any service, including related to border security, pro-
vided by a contractor to be used by the Department. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.