Sec. 404. Study on efficacy of certain personnel screening methods for U.S. Customs and Border Protection use

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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the efficacy of certain personnel screening methods for U.S. Customs and Border Protection use. Such study shall include the following: A review of the appropriateness of the use of polygraph examinations in determining candidate suitability during the U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process.

A cost-benefit analysis of using polygraph examinations for candidate suitability during the U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process. A review of research related to alternatives to polygraph examinations appropriate for use during the U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process. The study required under subsection

(a)shall— assess prior scientific, academic, and government literature on the topics described in such subsection; identify and examine assumptions about polygraph examinations that underlie the polygraph mandate under the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–376 ); and provide specific recommendations related to— the future use of such polygraph examinations, including a consideration of whether such polygraph mandate aligns with current scientific evidence and offers a reliable indication of future susceptibility to corruption; and the appropriate alternative mechanisms or technology, including private sector tools, that could be used during the U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process to pre-screen for susceptibility to corruption; and provide any other recommendations the Secretary of Homeland Secretary determines relevant. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the study required under subsection (a). In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The term polygraph examinations means polygraph examinations conducted in accordance with section 3(1) of the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010.

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Study on efficacy of certain personnel screening methods for U.S. Customs and Border Protection use

Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-376

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