Port Staffing Reporting Act

(a) In general. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the current standards and guidelines for managing air, land, and sea ports of entry under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. Such assessment shall include information relating to the following with respect to such ports of entry:

(1) Staffing levels and need for additional staffing.

(2) The number of temporary duty assignments for the previous fiscal year and the duration of each such temporary duty reassignment.

(3) Average length of delays, if any, of transit.

(4) Impacts of staff shortages on the ability of land ports of entry to consistently operate with all vehicular traffic lanes open for use.

(5) An assessment of existing efforts and technologies used for border security and facilitating trade, and the impact of such efforts and technologies on civil rights and civil liberties, including private property rights and privacy rights.

(6) The economic impact on trade of the policies and practices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agricultural Specialists and Office of Field Operations personnel.

(7) Physical infrastructure and technological needs.

(8) Specific needs of geographically separate ports of entry within the same U.S. Customs and Border Protection field office.

(b) Briefings. Not later than 30 days after the submission of each assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief the committees specified in such subsection on such assessment.