,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #c1 #bjaf  
,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself1 ,mr4       
,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,zinke1 and   
,mr4 ,mc,caul7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb to establish a  
program to prioritize efforts to secure 
the international borders of the ,united
 ,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,border ,security ,health           
,initiative ,act4  #b4 ,program  7a7 ,in
 general ,subtitle ,c of title ,,iv of  
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bca et seq47 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #dcd4 ,border security        
prioritization  7a7 ,establishment of   
program ,to ensure the prioritization of
 efforts to secure the international    
borders of the ,united ,states1 the     

,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection1 in consultation    
with the ,chief ,medical ,officer of the
 ,department1 shall establish a program 
to decrease the number of ,border       
,patrol agents who are removed from     
border security operations for the      
purpose of accompanying to medical      
treatment facilities ill or injured     
individuals interdicted by the ,border  
,patrol4  7b7 ,program requirements ,the
 program established in accordance with 
subsection 7a7 shall place appropriate  
medical personnel from the ,department  
at ,border ,patrol stations along the   
,southwest border to ensure ,border     
,patrol agents are able to prioritize   
securing the international borders of   
the ,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,clerical  
amendment ,the table of contents in     
section #a7;b7 of the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb is amended by   
inserting after the item relating to    
section #dcc the following new item3    
,sec4 #dcd4 ,border security            

prioritization4  4  #c4 ,report ,not    
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act and two years
 thereafter1 the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4
 ,customs and ,border ,protection1 in   
coordination with the ,chief ,medical   
,officer of the ,department of ,homeland
 ,security1 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 a 
report on implementation of the program 
established pursuant to section #dcd of 
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb1  
as added by section #b of this ,act1    
including a list of ,border ,patrol     
stations within which such program is   
operational1 statistics on ,border      
,patrol agent hours spent on border     
security operations that would have     
otherwise been spent accompanying to    
medical treatment facilities ill or     
injured detainees1 and an estimation of 
efficiencies and costs savings gained   

from implementation of such program     
versus treating at local medical        
treatment facilitates ill or injured    
detainees4