84 of title 5, United States Code, or such other retirement 
system (referred to in such subsection) as may apply. 
(c) NO DISPLACEMENT.—No appointment under this 
section may be made if such appointment would result in 
the displacement of any employee. 
(d) COUNTING.—The counting of Federal annuitants 
shall be done on a full-time equivalent basis. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) FEDERAL ANNUITANT.—The term ‘‘Federal 
annuitant’’ means an employee who has retired 
under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Fed-
eral Employees’ Retirement System, or any other re-
tirement system for Federal employees. 
(2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2105 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 7. USE OF TEMPORARY SUPPORT PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall enter into contracts with private entities for the 
purpose of providing necessary administrative and other 
support to Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border 
Protection Officers deployed at United States ports of 
entry or along the international land and maritime borders 
of the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
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(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, publish a request for proposal 
to hire administrative support staff to monitor cam-
eras, analyze intelligence, process paperwork, con-
struct roads and vehicle barriers, and perform such 
other duties as determined by the Secretary; and 
(2) terminate the use of the private entities re-
ferred to in subsection (a) when the Secretary sub-
mits to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate that a sufficient number of permanent Fed-
eral support staff have been hired and trained so 
that Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border 
Protection Officers do not perform duties for which 
they were not specifically trained. 
SEC. 8. USE OF TEMPORARY SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR 
BORDER SECURITY FUNCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall enter into contracts with private entities for the 
purpose of providing enhanced capacity to United States 
Customs and Border Protection to secure the international 
land and maritime borders of the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
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(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, direct the Federal Protective 
Service of United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement to hire level II security personnel 
drawn from the General Services Administration 
General Schedule, or publish a request for proposal 
to hire similar, highly trained, private security per-
sonnel, in accordance with the Secretary’s authority 
described in subsection (a); 
(2) ensure that such security personnel shall 
number not fewer than 5,000 and not more than 
8,000 individuals; 
(3) in accordance with subsection (d), ensure 
that the Chief Security Officer of United States 
Customs and Border Protection specifies the re-
quirements that such security personnel must meet 
or exceed; and 
(4) terminate the use of such security personnel 
at the time that the number of full-time active-duty 
Border Patrol agents reaches authorized levels of 
personnel as provided in such section. 
(c) REDUCTION.—The number of personnel hired 
under this section shall be reduced at a rate commensu-
rate with the number of new Border Patrol agents hired 
in accordance with section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform 
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