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S3996119th Congress

DHS Hiring Review Act

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

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Summary

Strengthen hiring and training oversight for ICE and CBP. This bill would require audits of hiring records, cross-checks with state misconduct files, certification of academy training, and a GAO report to inform congressional oversight.

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  • New ICE and CBP hires would be audited to confirm background checks and that hiring met Office of Personnel Management standards.
  • Hires since January 20, 2025 would be cross-checked against state police and law enforcement employment records to determine whether those records were considered during evaluation.
  • The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers would have 180 days to certify that every ICE and CBP agent completed the required academies and to report the length of training.
  • The Comptroller General must deliver a report within 1 year summarizing the audit findings, the Under Secretary’s determination on use of misconduct files, and training pass and fail rates for ICE and CBP.

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Stronger hiring and training for ICE, CBP

If enacted, the bill would require the Under Secretary for Management at DHS, working with OPM, to audit hiring records for ICE and CBP hires after the enactment of Public Law 119-21 and certify that required hiring steps, including background checks, met OPM standards. It would require cross-checking all ICE and CBP hires since January 20, 2025 with State-level misconduct files, such as police records and law-enforcement employment files, to see whether that information was considered before hiring. It would also require the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to certify within 180 days that every ICE and CBP agent or officer completed required training (ICE Academy; Border Patrol basic training; CBP Field Operations Academy) and to state the length of training each completed.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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