Port Staffing Reporting Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10845 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10845

To require an assessment of standards and guidelines for managing air, 
  land, and sea ports of entry under the control of the Department of 
               Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2026

 Ms. Escobar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To require an assessment of standards and guidelines for managing air, 
  land, and sea ports of entry under the control of the Department of 
               Homeland Security, 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 ``Port Staffing Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING AIR, LAND, 
              AND SEA PORTS OF ENTRY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in coordination with the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection and the Administrator of General 
Services, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the current 
standards and guidelines for managing air, land, and sea ports of entry 
under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. Such 
assessment shall include information relating to the following with 
respect to such ports of entry:
            (1) Staffing levels and need for additional staffing.
            (2) The number of temporary duty assignments for the 
        previous fiscal year and the duration of each such temporary 
        duty reassignment.
            (3) Average length of delays, if any, of transit.
            (4) Impacts of staff shortages on the ability of land ports 
        of entry to consistently operate with all vehicular traffic 
        lanes open for use.
            (5) An assessment of existing efforts and technologies used 
        for border security and facilitating trade, and the impact of 
        such efforts and technologies on civil rights and civil 
        liberties, including private property rights and privacy 
        rights.
            (6) The economic impact on trade of the policies and 
        practices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agricultural 
        Specialists and Office of Field Operations personnel.
            (7) Physical infrastructure and technological needs.
            (8) Specific needs of geographically separate ports of 
        entry within the same U.S. Customs and Border Protection field 
        office.
    (b) Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of each 
assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall brief the committees specified in such subsection on 
such assessment.
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