S.Amdt. 1507

SA 1507. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL.

(a) Retention Bonus.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000 to the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide
a retention bonus to any front-line U.S. Border Patrol law
enforcement agent--
(1) whose position is equal to or below level GS-12 of the
General Schedule;
(2) who has five years or more of service with the U.S.
Border Patrol; and
(3) who commits to two years of additional service with the
U.S. Border Patrol upon acceptance of such bonus.
(b) Border Patrol Agents.--Not later than September 30,
2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and assign a
sufficient number of Border Patrol agents to maintain an
active duty presence of not fewer than 22,000 full-time
equivalent Border Patrol agents, who may not perform the
duties of processing coordinators.
(c) Prohibition Against Alien Travel.--No personnel or
equipment of Air and Marine Operations may be used for the
transportation of non-detained aliens, or detained aliens
expected to be administratively released upon arrival, from
the southwest border to destinations within the United
States.
(d) GAO Report.--If the staffing level required under this
section is not achieved by the date associated with such
level, the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(1) conduct a review of the reasons why such level was not
so achieved; and
(2) not later than September 30, 2027, publish on a
publicly available website of the Government Accountability
Office a report relating thereto.
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