U.s. customs and border protection personnel

(a) Retention bonus To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000 to the Commissioner to provide a retention bonus to any front-line U.S. Border Patrol law enforcement agent— (1) whose position is equal to or below level GS–12 of the General Schedule; (2) who has five years or more of service with the U.S. Border Patrol; and (3) who commits to two years of additional service with the U.S. Border Patrol upon acceptance of such bonus. (b) Border patrol agents Not later than September 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and assign a sufficient number of Border Patrol agents to maintain an active duty presence of not fewer than 22,000 full-time equivalent Border Patrol agents, who may not perform the duties of processing coordinators. (c) Prohibition against alien travel No personnel or equipment of Air and Marine Operations may be used for the transportation of non-detained aliens, or detained aliens expected to be administratively released upon arrival, from the southwest border to destinations within the United States. (d) Gao report If the staffing level required under this section is not achieved by the date associated with such level, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) conduct a review of the reasons why such level was not so achieved; and (2) not later than September 30, 2027, publish on a publicly available website of the Government Accountability Office a report relating thereto.