Sec. 401. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers

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Not later than September 30, 2024, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign sufficient U.S. Border Patrol personnel to maintain an active duty presence of not fewer than 26,370 full-time equivalent agents and not fewer than 1,200 processing coordinators. Not later than September 30, 2024, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign sufficient U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to maintain an active duty presence of not fewer than 27,725 full-time equivalent officers.

Not later than September 30, 2024, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign sufficient agents for Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to maintain not fewer than 1,675 full-time equivalent agents and not fewer than 264 Marine and Air Interdiction Agents for southern border air and maritime operations. Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall hire, train, and assign sufficient professional support staff for the recruitment, hiring, training, and maintenance of the personnel authorized under subsections

(a)through (c). If the staffing levels required under this section are not achieved by September 30, 2024, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the reasons why such levels were not achieved. There is authorized to be appropriated $1,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024 to carry out subsection

(a)though (d).