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Border Workforce Improvement Act
To require an assessement of CBP and ICE staffing at the southern border, and for other purposes.
Summary
This act requires the Department of Homeland Security to conduct an assessment of staffing needs at the southern border within 90 days, in coordination with the heads of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The assessment must examine existing staffing models and deployment methodologies for these agencies, the effects of relying on temporary details and overtime to fill staffing gaps, and factors both within and outside DHS control that affect workloads and staffing challenges. The assessment must identify critical capability gaps in human resources, technology integration, and risk management systems, and distinguish between solutions the agencies can accomplish independently and those requiring congressional action. Within 180 days of completing the assessment, the Secretary of Homeland Security must submit a report to appropriate congressional committees that includes the assessment findings and describes how the agencies should implement the recommendations.
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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI)
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX)
Actions (3)
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 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. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Ms. Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Case, Mr. Levin, Mr. Veasey, and Mr. Stanton) 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
A BILL
To require an assessement 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. <all>
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