SEC. 408. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MENTOR- 
PROTE´ GE´ PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish within the Department of Home-
land Security’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program, which shall 
motivate and encourage prime contractors that are large 
businesses to provide developmental assistance to small 
business concerns, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans, HUBZone small busi-
ness concerns, small business concerns owned by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small 
business concerns owned and controlled by women. 
(b) 
PARTICIPATION
BY
CONTRACTORS
AND 
OFFERORS.—The Secretary shall take affirmative steps to 
publicize and to ensure that Department contractors and 
offerors are fully aware of and are participating in the 
Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program, including that their efforts to seek 
and develop a formal Mentor-Prote´ge´ relationship will be 
a factor in the evaluation of bids or offers for Department 
contracts. 
(c) FACTOR IN EVALUATION OF OFFERS.—When evalu-
ating the offer of a contractor, the Department of Homeland 
Security shall consider that offeror’s efforts to seek and de-
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velop a formal Mentor-Prote´ge´ relationship under the Men-
tor-Prote´ge´ Program. 
(d) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall con-
duct a review of the Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program. Such review 
shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the program’s effectiveness; 
(2) identification of any barriers that restrict 
contractors from participating in the program; 
(3) a comparison of the program with the De-
partment of Defense Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program; and 
(4) development of recommendations to strength-
en the program to include the maximum number of 
contractors as possible. 
SEC. 409. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF CONTRACTS AND 
GRANTS 
TO 
EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
NOT SUPPORTING COAST GUARD EFFORTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may not award a contract or grant to an institution 
of higher education (including any subelement of that insti-
tution) if that institution (or any subelement of that insti-
tution) has a policy or practice (regardless of when imple-
mented) that prohibits, or in effect prevents, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard from gaining access to cam-
puses of the institution, or access to students (who are 17 
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years of age or older) on such campuses, for purposes of 
recruiting, in a manner that is at least equal in quality 
and scope to the access to campuses and to students that 
is provided to any other employer. 
(b) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning provided in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(c) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The prohibition in 
this section shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation (or any subelement of that institution) if the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security determines that the institu-
tion of higher education has a longstanding policy of paci-
fism based on historical religious affiliation. 
SEC. 410. REPORT ON SOURCE OF SHORTFALLS AT FED-
ERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not conduct 
a reduction in force or furlough of the workforce of the Fed-
eral Protective Service until— 
(1) the Comptroller General of the United States 
submits to the Committees on Homeland Security and 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the re-
port on the source of shortfalls at the Federal Protec-
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tive Service that was requested by the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Commit-
tees on Homeland Security and Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives have 
conducted hearings on such report. 
TITLE V—WORKFORCE AND 
TRAINING IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 501. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICER 
PAY EQUITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Government retirement system’’ 
means a retirement system established by law for em-
ployees of the Government of the United States. 
(2) The term ‘‘Customs and Border Protection 
Officer position’’ refers to any Customs and Border 
Protection Officer position— 
(A) which is within the Department of 
Homeland Security, and 
(B) the primary duties of which consist of 
enforcing the border, customs, or agriculture laws 
of the United States; 
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such term includes a supervisory or administrative 
position within the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to which an individual transfers directly from a 
position described in the preceding provisions of this 
paragraph in which such individual served for at 
least three years. 
(3) The term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the 
meaning given such term under the Government re-
tirement system involved. 
(4) The term ‘‘Executive agency’’ or ‘‘agency’’ 
has the meaning given under section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘prior qualified service’’ means 
service as a Customs and Border Protection Officer 
within the Department of Homeland Security, since 
its establishment in March 2003. 
(b) TREATMENT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 
In the administration of any Government retirement sys-
tem, service in a Customs and Border Protection Officer 
position shall be treated in the same way as service per-
formed in a law enforcement officer position, subject to suc-
ceeding provisions of this section. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (b) shall apply in the 
case of— 
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(1) any individual first appointed to a Customs 
and Border Protection Officer position on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any individual who— 
(A) holds a Customs and Border Protection 
Officer position on the date of the enactment of 
this Act pursuant to an appointment made be-
fore such date; and 
(B) who submits to the agency admin-
istering the retirement system involved an ap-
propriate election under this section, not later 
than five years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act or before separation from Government 
service, whichever is earlier. 
(d) INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR QUALI-
FIED SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual described in 
subsection (c)(2)(B) may, with respect to prior quali-
fied service performed by such individual, contribute 
to the Government retirement system by which such 
individual is covered (for deposit in the appropriate 
fund within the Treasury) the difference between the 
individual contributions that were actually made for 
such service and the individual contributions that 
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