To require a report assessing the desirability and feasibility of incentives to encourage certain members and former members of the Armed Forces to service in the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

1. Adds SEC. 1065. REPORT ON INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE CERTAIN MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION at the end of subtitle G of title X

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   (f) Report on Imposition of Additional Charges or Fees for Attendance at Certain Academies.--Section 553(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2772; 10 U.S.C. 4331 note) is amended by striking the second sentence.

   Inserted: SEC. 1065. REPORT ON INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE CERTAIN MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the desirability and feasibility of offering incentives to covered members and former members of the Armed Forces for the purpose of encouraging such members to serve in the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

   Inserted: (b) Covered Members and Former Members of the Armed Forces.--For purposes of this section, covered members and former members of the Armed Forces are the following:

   Inserted: (1) Members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

   Inserted: (2) Former members of the Armed Forces within two years of separation from service in the Armed Forces.

   Inserted: (c) Requirements and Limitations.--

   Inserted: (1) Nature of incentives.--In considering incentives for purposes of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretaries shall consider such incentives, whether monetary or otherwise and whether or not authorized by current law or regulations, as the Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.

   Inserted: (2) Targeting of incentives.--In assessing any incentive for purposes of the report, the Secretaries shall give particular attention to the utility of such incentive in--

   Inserted: (A) encouraging service in the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection after service in the Armed Forces by covered members and former of the Armed Forces who have provided border patrol or border security assistance to the Bureau as part of their duties as members of the Armed Forces; and

   Inserted: (B) leveraging military training and experience by accelerating training, or allowing credit to be applied to related areas of training, required for service with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

   Inserted: (3) Payment.--In assessing incentives for purposes of the report, the Secretaries shall assume that any costs of such incentives shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security.

   Inserted: (d) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

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   Inserted: (1) A description of various monetary and non-monetary incentives considered for purposes of the report.

   Inserted: (2) An assessment of the desirability and feasibility of utilizing any such incentive for the purpose specified in subsection (a), including an assessment of the particular utility of such incentive in encouraging service in the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection after service in the Armed Forces by covered members and former members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (c)(2).

   Inserted: (3) Any other matters that the Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.

   Inserted: (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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