[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3996 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3996

 To improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and 
      Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2026

   Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and 
      Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

    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 ``DHS Hiring Review Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) CBP.--The term ``CBP'' means U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection.
            (3) ICE.--The term ``ICE'' means U.S. Immigration and 
        Customs Enforcement.
            (4) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
        the Under Secretary for Management at the Department of 
        Homeland Security.

SEC. 3. HIRING AUDIT AT ICE AND CBP.

    The Under Secretary, in coordination with the Office of Personnel 
Management, shall conduct an audit of the hiring records for any 
employees hired by ICE or CBP after the date of the enactment of Public 
Law 119-21 to certify all hiring requirements with respect to such 
employees, including background checks, were complete and remained 
consistent with applicable Office of Personnel Management hiring 
standards.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO CHECK STATE AND LOCAL SYSTEMS.

    The Under Secretary shall cross-reference all new employees hired 
for positions at ICE or CBP since January 20, 2025, with State-level 
misconduct files, including police records and employment records of 
law enforcement agencies, to determine whether information contained in 
such files was taken into consideration during the evaluation of such 
new employees prior to being hired.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS CERTIFICATION OF 
              TRAINING.

    (a) Certifications.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers shall certify that every agent or officer of ICE and 
CBP has successfully completed the required training for their 
respective positions within ICE or CBP, including--
            (1) the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Academy;
            (2) U.S. Border Patrol agent basic training; and
            (3) the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations 
        Academy.
    (b) Length of Training.--The certifications required under 
subsection (a) should indicate the length of training that each officer 
and agent completed for their respective positions.

SEC. 6. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY AND REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees that includes--
            (1) the findings from the audit conducted pursuant to 
        section 3;
            (2) a description of the Under Secretary's determination of 
        the use of State-level misconduct files during the evaluation 
        of potential new ICE and CBP employees; and
            (3) an audit of pass and fail rates for training at the 
        Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for ICE and CBP agents 
        and officers.
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