1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 . 2. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel (a) Officers The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 600 new Office of Field Operations officers above the current attrition level during every fiscal year until the total number of Office of Field Operations officers equals and sustains the requirements identified each year in the Workload Staffing Model. (b) Support staff The Commissioner is authorized to hire, train, and assign support staff, including technicians, to perform non-law enforcement administrative functions to support the new Office of Field Operations officers hired pursuant to subsection (a). (c) Traffic forecasts In calculating the number of Office of Field Operations officers needed at each port of entry through the Workload Staffing Model, the Office of Field Operations shall— (1) rely on data collected regarding the inspections and other activities conducted at each such port of entry; and (2) consider volume from seasonal surges, other projected changes in commercial and passenger volumes, the most current commercial forecasts, and other relevant information. (d) GAO report If the Commissioner does not hire the 600 additional Office of Field Operations officers authorized under subsection (a) during fiscal year 2020, or during any subsequent fiscal year in which the hiring requirements set forth in the Workload Staffing Model have not been achieved, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) conduct a review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring practices to determine the reasons that such requirements were not achieved and other issues related to hiring by U.S. Customs and Border Protection