CBP HiRe Act
USA115th CongressS-1305| Senate
| Updated: 10/12/2018
Jeff Flake
Republican Senator
Arizona
Cosponsors (1)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2017 or the CBP HiRe Act (Sec. 2) This bill provides hiring and compensation flexibilities to support the recruitment, relocation, and retention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees in rural or remote areas. Specifically, if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines there is a critical hiring need and a direct relationship between the rural or remote nature of an area and the difficulty recruiting and retaining CBP employees in that area, then it may exercise direct hire authority and pay recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses. Additionally, the Office of Personnel Management may establish special pay rates. The DHS Office of Inspector General must review the use of hiring and compensation flexibilities and determine whether they help meet hiring and retention needs in rural and remote areas. DHS must report to Congress on the number of requests it receives from other federal agencies for the file of an applicant for a position in the CBP that includes the results of a polygraph examination.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3329-3330)
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-270.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Received in the House.
Government Operations and Politics
Border security and unlawful immigrationCommutingCustoms enforcementDepartment of Homeland SecurityEmployee hiringFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPersonnel recordsRural conditions and developmentTransportation costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
CBP HiRe Act
USA115th CongressS-1305| Senate
| Updated: 10/12/2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2017 or the CBP HiRe Act (Sec. 2) This bill provides hiring and compensation flexibilities to support the recruitment, relocation, and retention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees in rural or remote areas. Specifically, if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines there is a critical hiring need and a direct relationship between the rural or remote nature of an area and the difficulty recruiting and retaining CBP employees in that area, then it may exercise direct hire authority and pay recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses. Additionally, the Office of Personnel Management may establish special pay rates. The DHS Office of Inspector General must review the use of hiring and compensation flexibilities and determine whether they help meet hiring and retention needs in rural and remote areas. DHS must report to Congress on the number of requests it receives from other federal agencies for the file of an applicant for a position in the CBP that includes the results of a polygraph examination.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3329-3330)
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-270.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Received in the House.
Jeff Flake
Republican Senator
Arizona
Cosponsors (1)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Border security and unlawful immigrationCommutingCustoms enforcementDepartment of Homeland SecurityEmployee hiringFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPersonnel recordsRural conditions and developmentTransportation costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation