Senate Committee Clears Bill to Promote Greater CBP Staffing in Remote Areas
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Oct. 4 advanced legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security more flexibility in hiring CBP officers to work at rural locations, the committee announced. DHS’s new employment tools for CBP officers would…
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sunset five years after enactment, and include more flexibility to give bonuses -- of up to 50 percent or 100 percent of an employee’s salary in certain circumstances -- to CBP officers appointed or moved to fill positions in remote areas. The legislation would require within two years of enactment a DHS inspector general review to determine whether use of the employment flexibilities was helping DHS meet hiring and retention needs in rural and remote areas. The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) voiced its support for the legislation in a statement.