Sec. 13. Hiring authority

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The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign— not fewer than 600 new Office of Field Operations Officers (above the current attrition level) during every fiscal year until the total number of Office of Field Operations officers equals and sustains the requirements identified each year in the Workforce Staffing Model; support staff, including technicians, to perform non-law enforcement administrative functions to support the new Office of Field Operations officers hired pursuant to subparagraph (A); and not fewer than 250 Border Patrol processing coordinators.

In calculating the number of Office of Field Operations officers needed at each port of entry through the Workforce Staffing Model, the Commissioner 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 from seasonal influxes, other projected changes in commercial and passenger volumes, the most current commercial forecasts, and temporary detailed personnel of the Office of Field Operations to assist with irregular migration influx events or other events, and other relevant information.

If the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not hire 600 additional Office of Field Operations officers pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) during the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, or during any subsequent fiscal year in which the hiring requirements set forth in the Workforce 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 practices to determine the reasons that such requirements were not achieved and to address other issues related to hiring by U.S.

Customs and Border Protection; and submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that describes the results of the review conducted under subparagraph (A). The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall hire, train, and assign— not fewer than 300 Enforcement and Removal Operations support personnel to address case management responsibilities relating to aliens apprehended along the southwest border, and the operation of regional processing centers established under section 437(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; not fewer than 128 attorneys in the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor; and not fewer than 41 support staff within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to assist immigration judges within the Executive Office for Immigration Review with removal, asylum, and custody determination proceedings.

The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities and staffing needs related to irregular migration influx events along the southwest border during fiscal years 2014, 2019, and 2021, including— the total number of aliens placed in removal proceedings in connection with such irregular migration influx events; the number of hours dedicated to responding to irregular migration influx events by Enforcement and Removal Operations officers, Enforcement and Removal Operations support personnel, attorneys within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, and support staff within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor; and the impact that response to such irregular migration influx events had on the ability of U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out other aspects of its mission, including the regular transport of migrants from U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities; and staffing levels within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including the impact such staffing levels have on docketing of cases within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the results of the review conducted under subparagraph (A).

The Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 150 new Immigration Judge teams, including staff attorneys and all applicable support staff for such Immigration Judge teams. The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 300 asylum officers.