S.Amdt. 740Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)
S.Amdt. 740
Sponsored by
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Submitted July 31, 2017
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July 31, 2017
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SA 740. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. INTEGRITY IN BORDER AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Integrity in Border and Immigration Enforcement Act''. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Law enforcement position.--The term ``law enforcement position'' means any law enforcement position in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (``ICE''). (2) Polygraph examination.--The term ``polygraph examination'' means the Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Test certified by the National Center for Credibility Assessment. (c) Polygraph Examinations for Law Enforcement Personnel.-- (1) Applicants.--Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security-- (A) shall require that polygraph examinations are conducted on all applicants for law enforcement positions; and (B) may not hire any applicant for a law enforcement position who does not pass a polygraph examination. (2) Targeted polygraph reinvestigations.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, as part of each background reinvestigation, shall administer a polygraph examination to-- (A) every CBP law enforcement employee who is determined by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to be part of a population at risk of corruption or misconduct, based on an analysis of past incidents of misconduct and corruption; and (B) every ICE law enforcement employee who is determined by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to be part of a population at risk of corruption or misconduct, based on an analysis of past incidents of misconduct and corruption. (3) Delegation of authority to determine targeted polygraph examinations.--The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security may-- (A) delegate the authority under paragraph (2)(A) to the CBP Office of Professional Responsibility; and (B) delegate the authority under paragraph (2)(B) to the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility. (4) Random polygraph reinvestigations.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall-- (A) randomly administer a polygraph examination each year to at least 5 percent of CBP law enforcement employees who are undergoing background reinvestigations during that year and have not been selected for a targeted polygraph examination under paragraph (2)(A); and (B) randomly administer a polygraph examination each year to at least 5 percent of ICE law enforcement employees who are undergoing background reinvestigations during that year and have not been selected for a targeted polygraph examination under paragraph (2)(B). ____________________