Sec. 401. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel
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The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall, every fiscal year, hire, train, and assign not fewer than 200 new officers above the level as of September 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year until the total number of officers equals the requirements identified each year in the Workload Staffing Model issued by the Commissioner pursuant to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (hereinafter in this title referred to as the Workload Staffing Model ).
Not later than the last day of the first fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 100 new humanitarian specialists and not fewer than 100 new child welfare professionals. The Commissioner shall thereafter annually hire, train, and assign an additional 100 specialists and 100 professionals under this section until the Commissioner determines that a sufficient number of such specialists and professionals are available to adequately provide for the protection of the health and welfare of aliens arriving at the border or in the custody of the Commissioner, including the requirements of sections 404 and 405.
The total number of such specialists and professionals may not be less than the requirements identified in the Workload Staffing Model. The Commissioner is authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out this subsection, including with independent child welfare professionals. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall, every fiscal year, hire, train, and assign qualified experts in pediatric medicine in such numbers as the Commissioner determines appropriate to adequately provide for the health needs of children arriving at the border or in the custody of the Commissioner, including the requirements of sections 404 and 405.
The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall, every fiscal year, hire, train, and assign not fewer than 100 new agricultural specialists above the level as of September 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year until the total number of such specialists equals the requirements identified each year in the Agriculture Resource Allocation Model developed by the Commissioner. The Commissioner is authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is authorized to hire, train, and assign support staff, including technicians and interpreters, to perform non-law enforcement administrative functions to support all personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Commissioner is authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign sufficient Office of Professional Responsibility special agents to ensure that there is one such special agent for every 30 officers to investigate criminal and administrative matters and misconduct by officers and other employees of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. The Commissioner is authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. In calculating the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers needed at each land, air, and maritime port of entry through the Workload Staffing Model, the Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall— rely on data collected regarding the inspections and other activities conducted at each such port of entry; and consider volume due to regional humanitarian conditions, seasonal increases, other projected changes in commercial and passenger volumes, the most current commercial forecasts, and other relevant information.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall report to Congress on the status of efforts to implement subsections
(a)through (e). Subparagraph
(A)of section 411(g)(5) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 211(g)(5) ) is amended— by striking model and inserting models ; by inserting humanitarian and agricultural specialists, child welfare professionals, before and support personnel ; and by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and shall also provide information concerning the progress made toward meeting officer, humanitarian and agriculture specialists, child welfare professionals, and support staff hiring targets, while accounting for attrition . If by March 31, 2020, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not hired at least 100 additional humanitarian specialists and 100 child welfare professionals in accordance with subsection
(b)or at least 200 additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in accordance with subsection (a), and in any subsequent fiscal year in which the staffing levels specified in the applicable Workload Staffing Model have not been achieved, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— conduct a review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring policies and processes to identify factors contributing to such levels not being achieved and any other issues related to hiring by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; consider attrition levels within the Office of Field Operations to identify associated factors contributing to attrition within the workforce of such Office; and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that describes the results of the review and consideration under paragraphs
(1)and (2), respectively, and that contains recommendations to enhance the likelihood of achieving such staffing levels.
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