[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 118 (Thursday, July 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
  S. 1560. A bill to ensure the integrity of border and immigration 
enforcement efforts by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to administer law enforcement 
polygraph examinations to all applicants for law enforcement positions 
and to require post-hire polygraph examinations for law enforcement 
personnel as part of periodic reinvestigations; to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1560

       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 ``Integrity in Border and 
     Immigration Enforcement Act''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Law enforcement position.--The term ``law enforcement 
     position'' means any law enforcement position in U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection (``CBP'') or U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement (``ICE'').
       (2) Polygraph examination.--The term ``polygraph 
     examination'' means the Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Test 
     certified by the National Center for Credibility Assessment.

     SEC. 3. POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

       (a) Applicants.--Beginning not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security--
       (1) shall require that polygraph examinations are conducted 
     on all applicants for law enforcement positions; and
       (2) may not hire any applicant for a law enforcement 
     position who does not pass a polygraph examination.
       (b) Targeted Polygraph Reinvestigations.--Beginning not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, as part of each 
     background reinvestigation, shall administer a polygraph 
     examination to--
       (1) every CBP law enforcement employee who is determined by 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
     to be part of a population at risk of corruption or 
     misconduct, based on an analysis of past incidents of 
     misconduct and corruption; and
       (2) every ICE law enforcement employee who is determined by 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
     to be part of a population at risk of corruption or 
     misconduct, based on an analysis of past incidents of 
     misconduct and corruption.
       (c) Delegation of Authority to Determine Targeted Polygraph 
     Examinations.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Homeland Security may--
       (1) delegate the authority under subsection (b)(1) to the 
     CBP Office of Professional Responsibility; and
       (2) delegate the authority under subsection (b)(2) to the 
     ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.
       (d) Random Polygraph Reinvestigations.--Beginning not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
       (1) randomly administer a polygraph examination each year 
     to at least 5 percent of CBP law enforcement employees who 
     are undergoing background reinvestigations during that year 
     and have not been selected for a targeted polygraph 
     examination under subsection (b)(1); and
       (2) randomly administer a polygraph examination each year 
     to at least 5 percent of ICE law enforcement employees who 
     are undergoing background reinvestigations during that year 
     and have not been selected for a targeted polygraph 
     examination under subsection (b)(2).
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