[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2444

   To establish a minimum staffing level of U.S. Customs and Border 
 Protection officers along the northern border, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2019

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mrs. Shaheen) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a minimum staffing level of U.S. Customs and Border 
 Protection officers along the northern border, 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 TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Officers Utilization for 
National Defense Act of 2019'' or the ``BOUND Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION STAFFING ALONG THE 
              NORTHERN BORDER.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 
ensure that not fewer than the maximum number of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection officers deployed along the international border 
between the United States and Canada (referred to in this Act as the 
``northern border'') at any time between January 1, 2016 and the date 
of the enactment of this Act are always deployed along the northern 
border, including ports of entry along the northern border.
    (b) Limitation on Transfers.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection may not transfer any U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection officer away from an assignment along the northern border if 
such transfer would reduce the number of such officers assigned to the 
northern border below the level required under subsection (a).
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