1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Patrol Enhancement Act . 2. Authorized staffing level for the United States Border Patrol (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Qualified research entity The term qualified research entity means an independent, not-for-profit, federally funded research entity with appropriate expertise and analytical capability to analyze and validate the personnel requirements determination model. (2) Validated personnel requirements determination model The term validated personnel requirements determination model means a determination of the number of United States Border Patrol agents needed to meet the critical mission requirements of the United States Border Patrol to maintain an orderly process for migrants entering the United States, that has been validated by a qualified research entity pursuant to subsection (d). (b) In general The authorized personnel level for United States Border Patrol agents on the date of the enactment of this Act is 20,500. (c) United States Border Patrol personnel requirements determination model (1) Completion; notice Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall complete a personnel requirements determination model for United States Border Patrol that builds on the 5-year United States Border Patrol staffing and deployment plan referred to on page 33 of House of Representatives Report 112–91 (May 26, 2011) and submit a notice of completion to— (A) the appropriate congressional committees; (B) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and (C) the Comptroller General of the United States. (2) Certification Not later than 30 days after the completion of the personnel requirements determination model described in paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall submit a copy of such model and a strategy for obtaining third-party validation of such model, to— (A) the appropriate congressional committees; (B) the Office of Personnel Management