[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 912 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 912

To modify the rate of basic pay and the classification of positions for 
  certain United States Border Patrol agents, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 1999

  Mr. Kyl (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Domenici, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
  Gramm, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Abraham, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the rate of basic pay and the classification of positions for 
  certain United States Border Patrol agents, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Patrol Recruitment and 
Retention Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. BORDER PATROL AGENT PAY AND CLASSIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Any Border Patrol agent classified in a GS-1896 
position who completes a 1-year period of service at a GS-9 grade and 
whose current rating of record is fully successful or higher shall be 
classified at a GS-11 grade and receive pay at the minimum rate of 
basic pay for a GS-11 position.
    (b) Nonreduction.--Subsection (a) shall not be construed to--
            (1) limit or reduce the rate of pay of any Border Patrol 
        agent; or
            (2) reclassify a Border Patrol agent at a lower 
        classification of position.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the later 
of--
            (1) October 1, 1999; or
            (2) 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. OFFICE OF BORDER PATROL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service shall establish an Office of Border Patrol 
Recruitment and Retention within the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service.
    (b) Functions.--The Office of Border Patrol Recruitment and 
Retention shall--
            (1) develop outreach programs to identify and recruit 
        prospective Border Patrol agents;
            (2) develop programs to retain Border Patrol agents; and
            (3) submit recommendations to the Commissioner of the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service relating to pay and 
        benefits of Border Patrol agents.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 150 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service shall submit a report to the Congress on the 
establishment and activities of the Office of Border Patrol Recruitment 
and Retention.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2000 and such sums as necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to 
carry out this Act.
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