shall receive annual testing with respect to 
their— 
‘‘(i) accuracy in image analysis; 
‘‘(ii) timeliness in image analysis; and 
‘‘(iii) ability to ascertain tactics, tech-
niques, and procedures being used at ports 
of entry and in the border environment by 
malign actors to facilitate the unlawful 
entry or exit of contraband, persons, or il-
licitly concealed merchandise such as illicit 
drugs or terrorist weapons.’’. 
SEC. 3. WORKFORCE STAFFING MODEL. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall develop a work-
force staffing model for Image Technicians and Super-
visory Image Technicians described in section 211(g)(6) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by 
section 2, based upon— 
(1) the deployment of non-intrusive inspection 
technologies at ports of entry and international rail 
crossings; 
(2) border traffic patterns; and 
(3) scanning goals at each port of entry and 
international rail crossing. 
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(b) VALIDATION.—Not later than 6 months after the 
completion of the workforce staffing model described in 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall validate such workforce staffing model and 
transmit notification of such validation to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Upon completion of the validation of the workforce 
staffing model pursuant to section 3(b), and quarterly 
thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, in consultation with the Executive Assistant 
Commissioner, shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives that identifies— 
(1) the number of Image Technicians and Su-
pervisory Image Technicians hired during the re-
porting period; 
(2) the number of Image Technicians and Su-
pervisory Image Technicians currently employed by 
the Office of Field Operations, disaggregated by port 
of entry or sector; 
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(3) the daily average number of images scanned 
by each Image Technician; 
(4) training methodologies utilized to train 
Image Technicians and Supervisory Image Techni-
cians; 
(5) assessment passage rates of Image Techni-
cians and Supervisory Image Technicians; and 
(6) the apparent impact of Image Technicians 
and Supervisory Image Technicians on interdiction 
rates at ports of entry and international rail cross-
ings at which Image Technicians or Supervisory 
Image Technicians are stationed or from which 
Image Technicians or Supervisory Image Techni-
cians review images, including— 
(A) throughput increases or decreases at 
such ports of entry and international rail cross-
ings; 
(B) increases or decreases in waiting times 
at such ports of entry and international rail 
crossings; 
(C) average wait times at such ports of 
entry and international rail crossings; and 
(D) increases or decreases of seizures of 
contraband, persons seeking to unlawfully enter 
or exit the United States, or illicitly concealed 
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merchandise such as illicit drugs or terrorist 
weapons, broken down by type of seizure and 
port of entry or international rail crossing. 
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