Sec. 1102. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers
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Not later than September 30, 2017, the Secretary shall increase the number of trained U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers by 3,500, compared to the number of such officers as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall make progress in increasing such number of officers during each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017. Nothing in subsection
(a)may be construed to preclude the Secretary from reassigning or stationing U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers and U.S. Border Patrol Agents from the Northern border to the Southern border. Section 217(h)(3)(B) ( 8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B) ) is amended— in clause (i)— by striking No later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, the and inserting The ; in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; by redesignating subclause
(II)as subclause (III); and by inserting after subclause
(I)the following: $16 for border processing; and ; in clause (ii), by striking Amounts collected under clause (i)(II) and inserting Amounts collected under clause (i)(II) shall be deposited into the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund established under section 9(a)(1) of the ; and Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act . Amounts collected under clause (i)(III) by striking clause (iii). Section 9(d)(2)(B) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 ( 22 U.S.C. 2131(d)(2)(B) ) is amended by striking For each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015, and inserting For each fiscal year after 2012, . The Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a program to actively recruit members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and former members of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, to serve in United States Customs and Border Protection and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Section 5379(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of an employee who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this section and who is serving as a full-time active-duty United States border patrol agent within the Department of Homeland Security— paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting $20,000 for $10,000 ; and paragraph (2)(B) shall be applied by substituting $80,000 for $60,000 . . The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the authority to pay recruitment and relocation bonuses under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code, the authority to pay retention bonuses under section 5754 of such title, and any other similar authorities available under any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, are exercised to the fullest extent allowable in order to encourage service in the Department of Homeland Security. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report including an assessment of the desirability and feasibility of offering incentives to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and former members of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, for the purpose of encouraging such members to serve in United States Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The report required by subparagraph
(A)shall include— a description of various monetary and non-monetary incentives considered for purposes of the report; and an assessment of the desirability and feasibility of utilizing any such incentive. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
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