I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9406 
To create a special pay incentive for Customs and Border Protection law 
enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2022 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, and Mr. VAN DREW) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To create a special pay incentive for Customs and Border 
Protection law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Customs and Border 
Protection Crisis Hardship and Incentive Pay Act of 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND ELIGIBILITY OF HARDSHIP 
INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, a covered employee 
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shall be paid special pay under subsection (b) of this sec-
tion for any day or portion of a day in which the covered 
employee— 
(1) was on duty along a border in which an av-
erage of more than 1,000 aliens were encountered 
per day over a month long period; 
(2) was on duty in a sector in which more than 
250 aliens were encountered per day; 
(3) was on duty in a sector in which the covered 
employee was subject to the threat of physical harm 
or imminent danger on the basis of armed cartel 
presence; or 
(4) was on duty in a sector in which fentanyl 
was encountered. 
(b) SPECIAL PAY AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amount of special pay authorized by 
subsection (a) for qualifying service during a day or 
portion of a day shall be the amount equal to 1⁄30 
of the maximum amount of special pay payable to a 
covered employee as specified in paragraph (3). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a covered em-
ployee who is subject to the threat of physical harm 
or imminent danger on the basis of armed cartel 
presence in or for a day or portion of a day, at the 
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election of the Secretary, pay the covered employee 
special pay under subsection (a) for such service in 
an amount not to exceed the maximum amount spec-
ified in paragraph (3). 
(3) LIMIT.—The maximum amount of special 
pay payable to a covered employee under this sub-
section for any pay period is $250. 
(c) CONTINUATION DURING HOSPITALIZATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A covered employee de-
scribed in paragraph (2) may be paid special pay 
under this section for any day (or portion of a day) 
of not more than three additional months during 
which the employee is hospitalized as described in 
such paragraph. 
(2) COVERED EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies with respect to a covered employee who— 
(A) is injured or wounded under the cir-
cumstances described in subsection (a)(3) and 
is hospitalized for the treatment of the injury or 
wound; or 
(B) while in the line of duty, incurs a 
wound, injury, or illness in a sector designated 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security and is 
hospitalized outside of the sector for the treat-
ment of the wound, injury, or illness. 
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