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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Border Support Services Contracts Review 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTS FOR COVERED SERV-
ICES 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 Sec-
retary for Management of the Department of Home-
land Security, in consultation with appropriate offi-
cials of the Department, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on active 
contracts for covered services of the Department 
awarded on or before September 30, 2021. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The criteria used by the Department to 
determine whether contractor personnel were nec-
essary to assist the Department in carrying out 
its mission along the United States land border 
with Mexico. 
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(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 De-
partment personnel to perform primary 
mission responsibilities, including the num-
ber 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 bene-
fits of contractor personnel performing covered 
services, including whether the performance of 
such services by contractor personnel is more ef-
ficient or effective than the performance of such 
services by Department employees. 
(D) An assessment of opportunities to in-
crease the efficiency of the Department with re-
spect to contracting, including whether Depart-
ment-wide contract vehicles for covered services 
would be the most cost effective option for the 
performance of covered services. 
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(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 achieve the best 
value for the Department through the use of full 
and open competition and to ensure no lapse in 
the performance of such services. 
(F) Recommendations based on findings re-
sulting from the analysis and assessments re-
quired in subparagraphs (B) through (D). 
(G) Any other information relating to con-
tracts for covered services that the Under Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall transmit with the report required 
under subsection (a) a plan to implement the rec-
ommendations and strategy contained in such report 
to enhance coordination, minimize overlap, and in-
crease cost effectiveness among contracts for covered 
services. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment submits the report required under paragraph 
(1) of subsection (a) and the plan required under 
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paragraph (1) and every 180 days thereafter until the 
plan is fully implemented, the Under Secretary, or 
the designee of the Under Secretary, shall provide a 
briefing to the appropriate congressional committees 
with respect to the status of such implementation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘contract for covered services’’ 
means a contract (with a total contract value of 
$50,000,000 or more, inclusive of contract options) re-
lating to the procurement of covered services for the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) The term ‘‘covered services’’ means, with re-
spect to the United States land border with Mexico, 
any service, including related to border security, pro-
vided by a contractor to be used by the Department. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 
Under Secretary for Management of the Department of 
Homeland Security to assess contracts for covered serv-
ices performed by contractor personnel along the United 
States land border with Mexico, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 167 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5683 
[Report No. 117–232] 
A BILL 
To direct the Under Secretary for Management of 
the Department of Homeland Security to assess 
contracts for covered services performed by con-
tractor personnel along the borders of the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 21, 2022 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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