Northern Border Security and Staffing Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3891 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3891 To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require an annual report and update the northern border threat analysis, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 10, 2025 Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Stefanik, and Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require an annual report and update the northern border threat analysis, and for other purposes. 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 ``Northern Border Security and Staffing Reform Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Between 2002 and 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) roughly doubled their staffing levels, and according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office Workload Staffing Model that calculates the number of CBP officers estimated to carry out the CBP mission at each air, sea, and land port of entry in the United States, states that the current staffing gap between the model results and the current staffing levels indicates a nationwide staffing shortage of 5,800 CBP officers. (2) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161) made Customs and Border Protection Officers eligible for the 1.7 percent enhanced law enforcement officer (LEO) retirement system, which allows law enforcement officers to retire at age 50 with 20 years of service, or at any age with 25 years of service. (3) On April 30, 20