Miller Introduces Bill to Authorize CBP Security Functions
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act, HR-3846 (here), would deliver formal congressional authorization to CBP and clarify CBP security missions for the first time since Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inception in 2002, said the legislation sponsor, House Homeland Security Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee Chairman Candice Miller, R-Mich.,in a Jan. 10 press release. The legislation would specifically authorize the CBP Office of Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, Office of Air and Marine and Office of Intelligence.
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“The Congress must ensure that we provide CBP with the tools needed to secure the border,” said Miller in the press release. “This is why we must update our current laws as we seek to gain operational control of our borders.” The Homeland Security Act, the legislation that created DHS, dispersed border security statutory authority across multiple agencies and organizations, said the press release, adding that Congress has never authorized CBP to conduct its current security missions.