Border Workforce Improvement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1930 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1930

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

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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

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                                 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.
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