September 26, 2014

BPAPRA FAQ#1

QUESTION: As per the bill and starting on page 24 under subparagraph (e), the comptroller general will do a comprehensive review of all positions and if they determine that we don't need OT, the agency can take it away. 

ANSWER: This subparagraph does not give the agency the right to drop agents in pay.  At best, Congress would have to pass another law rescinding this law.   Also, the intent of this section was specifically put in there to show that if the agency hired the personnel it would take to patrol the border, it would cost a lot more money.