[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4326 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4326

 To improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and 
      Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

   Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and 
      Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

    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 FBI Hiring Review Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) FBI.--The term ``FBI'' means the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.
            (3) Deputy assistant attorney general.--The term ``Deputy 
        Assistant Attorney General'' means the Deputy Assistant 
        Attorney General for Management and Compliance at the 
        Department of Justice.

SEC. 3. HIRING AUDIT AT THE FBI.

    The Deputy Assistant Attorney General, in coordination with the 
Office of Personnel Management, shall conduct an audit of the hiring 
records for any employees hired by the FBI after the date of enactment 
of Public Law 119-21 to certify all hiring requirements with respect to 
such employees, including background checks, were complete and remained 
consistent with applicable Office of Personnel Management hiring 
standards.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO CHECK STATE AND LOCAL SYSTEMS.

    The Deputy Assistant Attorney General shall cross-reference all new 
employees hired for positions at the FBI since January 20, 2025 with 
State-level misconduct files, including police records and employment 
records of law enforcement agencies, to determine whether information 
contained in such files was taken into consideration during the 
evaluation of such new employees prior to being hired.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS CERTIFICATION OF 
              TRAINING.

    (a) Certifications.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers shall certify that every agent or officer of the FBI 
has successfully completed the required training for their respective 
positions within the FBI.
    (b) Length of Training.--The certifications required under 
subsection (a) should indicate the length of training that each officer 
and agent completed for their respective positions.

SEC. 6. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY AND REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
            (1) the findings from the audit conducted pursuant to 
        section 3;
            (2) a description of the Deputy Assistant Attorney 
        General's determination of the use of State-level misconduct 
        files during the evaluation of potential new FBI employees; and
            (3) an audit of pass and fail rates for training at the 
        Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for FBI agents and 
        officers.
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