Border Workforce Improvement Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8794 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8794

   To require an assessment of CBP and ICE staffing at the southern 
                    border, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2024

Mr. Allred (for himself and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require an assessment of CBP and ICE staffing at the southern 
                    border, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Border Workforce Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT ON DHS STAFFING NEEDS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the 
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the 
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 
shall conduct an assessment of staffing needs at the southern border of 
the United States.
    (b) Elements.--The assessment under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) Reviews of existing staffing models and methodologies 
        for deploying personnel of CBP, ICE, and USCIS at the southern 
        border and across the country, and the effect of continuously 
        relying on details and overtime to temporarily fill staffing 
        gaps.
            (2) Factors within and outside of the control of the 
        Department of Homeland Security that are affecting workloads 
        and exacerbating staffing challenges to identify solutions CBP, 
        ICE, and USCIS can accomplish, as well as solutions that 
        require congressional action.
            (3) An identification of critical capability gaps in human 
        resources, new technology integration, and streamlined risk 
        management systems across CBP, ICE, and USCIS.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
assessment under subsection (a) is complete, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that includes the following:
            (1) The findings of such assessment.
            (2) A description of how the Secretary, the Commissioner of 
        CBP, the Director of ICE, and the Director of USCIS should 
        implement the recommendations contained in such assessment.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee of Homeland Security and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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