Senate Committee Passes Bill to Waive CBP Polygraph Exams for Certain Applicants
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on May 17 approved legislation that would allow CBP to waive the requirement for all law enforcement applicants to the agency to undergo a polygraph test for active and retired Armed Forces members and full-time…
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federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have served for at least three years. To qualify for the waiver that would be granted by S. 595, the Boots on the Border Act of 2017, current law enforcement officers who apply to CBP would have to be free from any dismissal from a law enforcement position in their work history, not be under current investigation or not have ever been found to engage in criminal activity or serious misconduct. They would have to have completed a successful employment polygraph examination within the past 10 years. Eligible Armed Forces applicants would need to have held certain security clearances within the past five years with no waiver, would be required to have received or be currently eligible to receive an honorable discharge, and not have engaged in criminal activity or any serious military or civil offenses. The waiver authority would terminate four years after enactment, unless reauthorized through follow-on legislation.