This bill allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection to waive the polygraph examination requirement for certain experienced law enforcement professionals applying to join the Border Patrol. Specifically, it permits waivers for current state or local police officers with at least three years of service and a clean record, federal law enforcement officers with similar tenure and active security clearances, and military members or veterans with at least three years of service who have passed recent background investigations. All waived applicants must still meet other hiring standards and undergo appropriate background investigations, and CBP retains authority to administer a polygraph if concerns arise during the screening process. The waiver authority expires five years after the bill becomes law. The bill requires CBP to submit annual reports to Congress for five years detailing how many waivers were granted, hiring rates, disciplinary actions, and whether alternative deception-detection tests should replace the traditional polygraph, while the Government Accountability Office must conduct reviews at five-year intervals over the following ten years to compare discipline rates among officers hired under the waiver versus traditional methods.
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