[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4451 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4451

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a program to 
 prioritize efforts to secure the international borders of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2016

  Ms. McSally (for herself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Zinke, and Mr. 
   McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a program to 
 prioritize efforts to secure the international borders of the United 
                    States, 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 Security Health Initiative 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 434. BORDER SECURITY PRIORITIZATION.

    ``(a) Establishment of Program.--To ensure the prioritization of 
efforts to secure the international borders of the United States, the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation 
with the Chief Medical Officer of the Department, shall establish a 
program to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents who are removed 
from border security operations for the purpose of accompanying to 
medical treatment facilities ill or injured individuals interdicted by 
the Border Patrol.
    ``(b) Program Requirements.--The program established in accordance 
with subsection (a) shall place appropriate medical personnel from the 
Department at Border Patrol stations along the Southwest border to 
ensure Border Patrol agents are able to prioritize securing the 
international borders of the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 433 the following new item:

``Sec. 434. Border security prioritization.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and two years thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer of the 
Department of Homeland Security, shall 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 on 
implementation of the program established pursuant to section 434 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act, 
including a list of Border Patrol stations within which such program is 
operational, statistics on Border Patrol agent hours spent on border 
security operations that would have otherwise been spent accompanying 
to medical treatment facilities ill or injured detainees, and an 
estimation of efficiencies and costs savings gained from implementation 
of such program versus treating at local medical treatment facilitates 
ill or injured detainees.
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