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S. 1305 115th Congress Senate

CBP HiRe Act

Official title: A bill to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with adequate flexibility in its employment authorities.

Introduced: June 7, 2017 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Border security and unlawful immigrationCommutingCustoms enforcementDepartment of Homeland Security
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 12, 2018
Received in the House.
Oct 11, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 10, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Oct 10, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6774-6775; text: CR S6774-6775)
Jun 7, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
Jun 7, 2018
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.
Oct 4, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3329-3330)
Jun 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 12, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1305: CBP HiRe Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1305/
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"S. 1305: CBP HiRe Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1305/.
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S. 1305, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1305/.
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