US Congress Senate Bill 2813 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take certain actions to improve hiring and retention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. Specifically, DHS must (1) establish a council to develop initiatives for improving hiring and retention efforts; and (2) implement pilot programs, based on council initiatives and other relevant information, at least annually over the course of a five-year period. DHS must implement programs that focus on ports of entry or other duty stations, as well as U.S. Border Patrol duty locations, with severe workforce shortages, critical hiring needs, or retention challenges.

CBP Hiring and Retention Innovation Act

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2813/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2813/BILLS-116s2813is.pdf