Sec. 2. Program
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Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: To ensure the prioritization of efforts to secure the international borders of the United States, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of the Department, shall establish a program to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents who are removed from border security operations for the purpose of accompanying to medical treatment facilities ill or injured individuals interdicted by the Border Patrol. The program established in accordance with subsection
(a)shall place appropriate medical personnel from the Department at Border Patrol stations along the Southwest border to ensure Border Patrol agents are able to prioritize securing the international borders of the United States. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: Sec. 434. Border security prioritization. .
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