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[H.R. 4467 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4467

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four


                                 An Act


 
   To direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of 
Homeland Security to assess contracts for covered services performed by 
 contractor personnel along the United States land border with Mexico, 
                         and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Border Services Contracts Review 
Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTS FOR COVERED SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
    (a) Report.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Management of the 
    Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with appropriate 
    officials of the Department, shall submit to the appropriate 
    congressional committees a report regarding active contracts for 
    covered services of the Department awarded on or before--
            (A) September 30, 2023; or
            (B) the date of the enactment of this Act,
    whichever occurs later.
        (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
    include the following:
            (A) The criteria used by the Department of Homeland 
        Security to determine whether contractor personnel were 
        necessary to assist the Department in carrying out its mission 
        along the United States land border with Mexico.
            (B) An analysis of the purpose, quantity, and location of 
        contractor personnel to perform covered services of the 
        Department with respect to effectively--
                (i) addressing mission needs along such border; and
                (ii) enhancing the capability of Department personnel 
            to perform primary mission responsibilities, including the 
            number of Department personnel not removed from their 
            primary mission responsibilities by reason of the 
            performance of covered services by contractor personnel.
            (C) An assessment with respect to the benefits of 
        contractor personnel performing covered services, including 
        whether the performance of such services by contractor 
        personnel is more efficient or effective than the performance 
        of such services by Department employees.
            (D) An assessment of opportunities to increase the 
        efficiency of the Department with respect to contracting, 
        including whether Department-wide contract vehicles for covered 
        services would be the most cost effective option for the 
        performance of covered services.
            (E) A strategy to improve the procurement and delivery of 
        covered services through contracts during the five-year period 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act to--
                (i) achieve the best value for the Department through 
            the use of full and open competition; and
                (ii) ensure no lapse in the performance of such 
            services.
            (F) Recommendations based on findings resulting from the 
        analysis and assessments required in subparagraphs (B) through 
        (D).
            (G) Any other information relating to contracts for covered 
        services that the Under Secretary for Management determines 
        appropriate.
    (b) Implementation Plan.--
        (1) In general.--The Under Secretary for Management shall 
    submit with the report required under subsection (a) a plan to 
    implement the recommendations and strategy contained in such report 
    to enhance coordination, minimize overlap, and increase cost 
    effectiveness among contracts for covered services.
        (2) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which 
    the Under Secretary for Management submits the report required 
    under subsection (a) and the plan required under paragraph (1) and 
    every 180 days thereafter until such plan is fully implemented, the 
    Under Secretary, or the designee of the Under Secretary, shall 
    provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing with 
    respect to the status of such implementation.
    (c) Prohibition on Funding.--No funds are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section. This section shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized to be made available for such 
purposes.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
    ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate.
        (2) Contract for covered services.--The term ``contract for 
    covered services'' means a contract (with a total contract value of 
    $50,000,000 or more in 2023 constant dollars, inclusive of contract 
    options) relating to the procurement of covered services for the 
    Department of Homeland Security.
        (3) Covered services.--The term ``covered services'' means, 
    with respect to the United States land border with Mexico, any 
    service, including related to border security, provided by a 
    contractor to be used by the Department.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.