[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1639 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1639

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2019

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Miss Rice 
 of New York, 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 improve U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs, 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 ``CBP Workload Staffing Model Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MODELS FOR U.S. BORDER 
              PATROL AND AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP.

    (a) In General.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall in coordination with the Under Secretary for 
Management, Chief Human Capital Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security, develop and implement, by not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
workload staffing model for each of the U.S. Border Patrol and Air and 
Marine Operations.
    (b) Responsibilities of the Commissioner of CBP.--Subsection (c) of 
section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) as paragraphs 
        (20) and (21), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(18) implement a staffing model that includes 
        consideration for essential frontline operator activities and 
        functions, variations in operating environments, present and 
        planned infrastructure, present and planned technology, and 
        required operations support levels for the U.S. Border Patrol, 
        Air and Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Operations, 
        to manage and assign personnel of such entities to ensure field 
        and support posts possess adequate resources to carry out 
        duties specified in this section;
            ``(19) develop standard operating procedures for a 
        workforce tracking system within the U.S. Border Patrol, Air 
        and Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Operations, 
        train the workforce of each of such entities on the use, 
        capabilities, and purpose of such system, and implement 
        internal controls to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 
        reporting of actual completed work hours and activities;''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act with respect to subsection (a) and paragraphs 
(18) and (19) of section 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(as amended by subsection (b)), and annually thereafter with respect to 
such paragraphs (18) and (19), the Secretary 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 status update on the implementation of this Act 
and such paragraphs (18) and (19), and status updates on such 
paragraphs (18) and (19), as well as all relevant workload staffing 
models.
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