,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjai,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york 7for   
himself1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,peterson1
 ,mrs4 ,rodgers of ,washington1 ,mr4    
,welch1 and ,ms4 ,slotkin7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,homeland          
,security1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
establish a minimum staffing level of   
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
officials along the northern border1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,border  
,officers ,utilization for ,national    
,defense ,act of #bjai or the ,,bound   
,act4  #b4 ,minimum ,u4,s4 ,customs and 
,border ,protection staffing along the  

northern border  7a7 ,in general        
,beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,commissioner of      
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
shall ensure that not fewer than the    
maximum number of ,u4,s4 ,customs and   
,border ,protection officers deployed   
along the international border between  
the ,united ,states and ,canada         
7referred to in this ,act as the        
northern border7 at any time between    
,january #a1 #bjaf1 and such date of    
enactment are always deployed along the 
northern border1 including at ports of  
entry along the northern border4  7b7   
,limitation on transfers ,the           
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection may not transfer any
 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection
 officer away from an assignment along  
the northern border1 including at ports 
of entry along the northern border1 if  
such transfer would reduce the number of
 such officers assigned to the northern 
border below the level required under   

subsection 7a74