Title: Securing America's Borders Act of 2019
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Securing America's Borders Act of 2019
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire at least 600 new Border Patrol agents each fiscal year until the total number of agents meets the staffing requirements identified in a 2017 executive order. CBP shall report to the Government Accountability Office a comprehensive staffing analysis reflecting current workload demands.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2162 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2162

 To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
    annually hire at least 600 new Border Patrol agents, to report 
quarterly to Congress on the status of the Border Patrol workforce, and 
             to conduct a comprehensive staffing analysis.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2019

  Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
    annually hire at least 600 new Border Patrol agents, to report 
quarterly to Congress on the status of the Border Patrol workforce, and 
             to conduct a comprehensive staffing analysis.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Borders Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL BORDER PATROL PERSONNEL.

    (a) Agents.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 600 new Border Patrol 
agents, compared to the current attrition level, during every fiscal 
year until the total number of Border Patrol agents equals and sustains 
the requirements identified in Executive Order 13767 (82 Fed. Reg. 
8793).
    (b) Support Staff.--The Commissioner is authorized to hire, train, 
and assign support staff to perform non-law enforcement administrative 
functions to support the new Border Patrol agents hired pursuant to 
subsection (a).
    (c) Reports to Congress.--Not later that 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
Commissioner shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that describes the 
status of the Border Patrol workforce, including--
            (1) the total number of Border Patrol agents;
            (2) the total number of Border Patrol support staff;
            (3) the number of Border Patrol agents and support staff 
        hired during the reporting period;
            (4) the number of Border Patrol agents and support staff 
        lost to attrition, broken down by port of entry; and
            (5) any hiring authorities, incentive pay, or other special 
        pay incentives utilized during the reporting period.

SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING ANALYSIS.

    The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, amend the comprehensive staffing analysis required 
        under section 2(e) of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 
        2014 (Public Law 113-277) based on any changes to workload 
        demands since the date of the enactment of such Act; and
            (2) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit a report to the Comptroller General of the 
        United States that includes the results of a comprehensive 
        staffing analysis, as required under section 2(e) of the Border 
        Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-277).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of the fiscal 
years 2020 through 2026, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act.
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