DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act

DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess contractor personnel performing services along the U.S. land border with Mexico and plan to implement recommendations developed from the assessment. Specifically, DHS must report to Congress regarding active contracts with a total value of $50 million or more relating to the procurement of services along the border. The report must include, among other things the criteria used by DHS to determine whether contractor personnel were necessary to assist in carrying out its mission along the border; an analysis of the purpose, quantity, and location of contractor personnel addressing DHS mission needs along the border and enhancing the capability of DHS personnel to perform primary mission responsibilities; an assessment of the benefits of contractor personnel performing the services; a strategy to improve the procurement and delivery of the services through contracts over a five-year period; and recommendations based on the report's findings. DHS must (1) transmit with the report a plan to implement the recommendations and strategy contained in such report to enhance coordination, minimize overlap, and increase cost effectiveness; and (2) brief Congress with respect to the status of implementation.

LOBBYING ON THIS BILL

13 federal lobbying reports name this bill in their activity descriptions · LDA disclosures

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION6 reports

FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY4 reports

NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION2 reports

AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST1 report

⟳ The revolving door — lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles

Jennifer TyreeU.S. Office of Personnel Management/Dep. Dir. Off. of Congressional, Leg. & Intergovernmental Affairs; Off. of Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)/Leg. Dir. & Counsel; Sen. Homeland Sec. and Gov. Affairs Cmte/Subcom. Counsel; Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)/internfor NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Katherine SybengaSenate Homeland Security and Gov. Affairs Committee/Chief Counsel for Gov. Affairs, Senior Counsel, Director, Gov. Affairs, Counsel; Office of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)/Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide/Correspondent, Staff Assistant, internfor NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Matthew SowardsOffice of John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV), Legislative Correspondent (2012-2015), Intern (2009); Office of Congressman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Intern (2009)for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Charles CarithersProf Staff, House Homeland (Thompson); Brookings Legis Fellow, Senate Homeland (Carper)for FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY

Susan SweatLC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)for FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY

Thomas ShipmanMaj Staff Dir Sen Ag Cmte, Dep Und Sec Farm; Foreign Ag LA Senate Member Office (Cochran); Senate Approps Cmtefor FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY

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