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2-Union Calendar No. 29
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32 118THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION H. R. 2794
6-[Report No. 118–45, Part I]
75 To secure the international borders of the United States, and for other
86 purposes.
97 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
108 APRIL24, 2023
119 Mr. G
1210 REENof Tennessee (for himself, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr.
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1412 CCAUL, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BISHOPof North Carolina, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr.
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1614 FLUGER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. EZELL, Mr. D’ESPOSITO,
1715 Mr. S
1816 TRONG, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. CRANE, Ms. GREENEof Georgia, Mr.
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2018 ONYGONZALESof Texas, Mr. LUTTRELL, and Ms. LEEof Florida) in-
2119 troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
2220 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and
2321 Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by
2422 the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
2523 in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
26-M
27-AY5, 2023
28-Additional sponsors: Mr. E
29-LLZEY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr.
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31-EANof Florida, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. PENCE
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33-AY5, 2023
34-Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment
35-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
36-MAY5, 2023
37-Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary discharged; committed to
38-the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
39-dered to be printed
40-[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 24, 2023]
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4424 A BILL
4525 To secure the international borders of the United States,
4626 and for other purposes.
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5027 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
5128 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
5229 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
5330 (a) S
5431 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
5532 ‘‘Border Reinforcement Act of 2023’’. 5
56-(b) T
57-ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
58-this Act is as follows: 7
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36+(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
37+this Act is as follows: 2
5938 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
6039 Sec. 2. Definitions.
6140 Sec. 3. Border wall construction.
6241 Sec. 4. Strengthening the requirements for barriers along the southern border.
6342 Sec. 5. Border and port security technology investment plan.
6443 Sec. 6. Border security technology program management.
6544 Sec. 7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection technology upgrades.
6645 Sec. 8. U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel.
6746 Sec. 9. Anti-Border Corruption Act reauthorization.
6847 Sec. 10. Establishment of workload staffing models for U.S. Border Patrol and
6948 Air and Marine Operations of CBP.
7049 Sec. 11. Operation Stonegarden.
7150 Sec. 12. Air and Marine Operations flight hours.
7251 Sec. 13. Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar.
7352 Sec. 14. Border patrol strategic plan.
7453 Sec. 15. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spiritual readiness.
7554 Sec. 16. Restrictions on funding.
7655 Sec. 17. Collection of DNA and biometric information at the border.
77-Sec. 18. Eradication of narcotic drugs and formulating effective new tools to ad-
78-dress yearly losses of life; ensuring timely updates to U.S. Cus-
79-toms and Border Protection field manuals.
80-Sec. 19. Publication by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of operational statis-
81-tics.
56+Sec. 18. Eradication of narcotic drugs and formulating effective new tools to
57+address yearly losses of life; ensuring timely updates to U.S.
58+Customs and Border Protection field manuals.
59+Sec. 19. Publication by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of operational sta-
60+tistics.
8261 Sec. 20. Alien criminal background checks.
83-Sec. 21. Prohibited identification documents at airport security checkpoints; noti-
84-fication to immigration agencies.
62+Sec. 21. Prohibited identification documents at airport security checkpoints; no-
63+tification to immigration agencies.
8564 Sec. 22. Prohibition against any COVID–19 vaccine mandate or adverse action
8665 against DHS employees.
8766 Sec. 23. CBP One app limitation.
8867 Sec. 24. Report on designation of Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organiza-
8968 tions.
9069 Sec. 25. GAO study on costs incurred by States to secure the southwest border.
9170 Sec. 26. Report by Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security.
9271 Sec. 27. Offsetting authorizations of appropriations.
93-Sec. 28. Report to Congress on foreign terrorist organizations.
94-Sec. 29. Assessment by Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
95-rity on the mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems at the
96-southwest border.
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100-SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
101-In this Act: 2
102-(1) CBP.—The term ‘‘CBP’’ means U.S. Cus-3
103-toms and Border Protection. 4
72+SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
73+3
74+In this Act: 4
75+(1) CBP.—The term ‘‘CBP’’ means U.S. Cus-5
76+toms and Border Protection. 6
10477 (2) C
105-OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ 5
106-means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 6
107-Protection. 7
108-(3) D
109-EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 8
110-means the Department of Homeland Security. 9
78+OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-7
79+sioner’’ means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 8
80+and Border Protection. 9
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84+(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 1
85+means the Department of Homeland Security. 2
11186 (4) O
112-PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘‘oper-10
113-ational control’’ has the meaning given such term in 11
114-section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 12
115-Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 13
87+PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘‘oper-3
88+ational control’’ has the meaning given such term in 4
89+section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 5
90+Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 6
11691 (5) S
117-ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14
118-the Secretary of Homeland Security. 15
92+ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7
93+the Secretary of Homeland Security. 8
11994 (6) S
120-ITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘situa-16
121-tional awareness’’ has the meaning given such term 17
122-in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense Author-18
123-ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 19
124-328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 20
95+ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘‘sit-9
96+uational awareness’’ has the meaning given such 10
97+term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 11
98+Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 12
99+114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 13
125100 (7) U
126-NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 21
127-‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 22
128-such term in section 44801 of title 49, United States 23
129-Code. 24
130-SEC. 3. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION. 25
101+NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 14
102+‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 15
103+such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 16
104+States Code. 17
105+SEC. 3. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION. 18
131106 (a) I
132-NGENERAL.— 26
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136-(1) IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF BORDER WALL 1
137-CONSTRUCTION.—Not later than seven days after the 2
138-date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 3
139-shall resume all activities related to the construction 4
140-of the border wall along the international border be-5
141-tween the United States and Mexico that were under-6
142-way or being planned for prior to January 20, 2021. 7
107+NGENERAL.— 19
108+(1) I
109+MMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF BORDER WALL 20
110+CONSTRUCTION.—Not later than seven days after 21
111+the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-22
112+retary shall resume all activities related to the con-23
113+struction of the border wall along the international 24
114+border between the United States and Mexico that 25
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118+were underway or being planned for prior to Janu-1
119+ary 20, 2021. 2
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144-SE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 8
145-the Secretary shall expend all unexpired funds appro-9
146-priated or explicitly obligated for the construction of 10
147-the border wall that were appropriated or obligated, 11
148-as the case may be, for use beginning on October 1, 12
149-2019. 13
121+SE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 3
122+the Secretary shall expend all unexpired funds ap-4
123+propriated or explicitly obligated for the construction 5
124+of the border wall that were appropriated or obli-6
125+gated, as the case may be, for use beginning on Oc-7
126+tober 1, 2019. 8
150127 (3) U
151-SE OF MATERIALS.—Any unused materials 14
152-purchased before the date of the enactment of this sec-15
153-tion for construction of the border wall may be used 16
154-for activities related to the construction of the border 17
155-wall in accordance with paragraph (1). 18
128+SE OF MATERIALS.—Any unused materials 9
129+purchased before the date of the enactment of this 10
130+section for construction of the border wall may be 11
131+used for activities related to the construction of the 12
132+border wall in accordance with paragraph (1). 13
156133 (b) P
157-LAN TOCOMPLETETACTICALINFRASTRUCTURE 19
158-ANDTECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 20
159-of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter 21
160-until construction of the border wall has been completed, 22
161-the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 23
162-committees an implementation plan, including annual 24
163-benchmarks for the construction of 200 miles of such wall 25
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167-and associated cost estimates for satisfying all requirements 1
168-of the construction of the border wall, including installation 2
169-and deployment of tactical infrastructure, technology, and 3
170-other elements as identified by the Department prior to 4
171-January 20, 2021, through the expenditure of funds appro-5
172-priated or explicitly obligated, as the case may be, for use, 6
173-as well as any future funds appropriated or otherwise made 7
174-available by Congress. 8
134+LANTOCOMPLETETACTICALINFRASTRUC-14
135+TURE ANDTECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 90 days after 15
136+the date of the enactment of this section and annually 16
137+thereafter until construction of the border wall has been 17
138+completed, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 18
139+congressional committees an implementation plan, includ-19
140+ing annual benchmarks for the construction of 200 miles 20
141+of such wall and associated cost estimates for satisfying 21
142+all requirements of the construction of the border wall, 22
143+including installation and deployment of tactical infra-23
144+structure, technology, and other elements as identified by 24
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149+expenditure of funds appropriated or explicitly obligated, 1
150+as the case may be, for use, as well as any future funds 2
151+appropriated or otherwise made available by Congress. 3
175152 (c) D
176-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
153+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
177154 (1) A
178-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -10
179-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-11
180-tees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 12
181-and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 13
182-Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Se-14
183-curity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 15
184-on Appropriations of the Senate. 16
155+PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -5
156+TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-6
157+mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-7
158+rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the 8
159+House of Representatives and the Committee on 9
160+Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 10
161+the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 11
185162 (2) T
186-ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 17
187-‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 18
188-gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated with 19
189-a border wall. 20
163+ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 12
164+‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 13
165+gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated 14
166+with a border wall. 15
190167 (3) T
191-ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-21
192-cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 22
193-including linear ground detection systems, associated 23
194-with a border wall. 24
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198-SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BAR-1
199-RIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 2
200-Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 3
201-Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Division C of Public 4
202-Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 5
203-(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-6
204-lows: 7
168+ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-16
169+cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 17
170+including linear ground detection systems, associated 18
171+with a border wall. 19
172+SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BAR-20
173+RIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 21
174+Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 22
175+Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Division C of Pub-23
176+lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 24
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180+(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-1
181+lows: 2
205182 ‘‘(a) I
206-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-8
207-rity shall take such actions as may be necessary (including 9
208-the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal entrants) to 10
209-design, test, construct, install, deploy, integrate, and oper-11
210-ate physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and tech-12
211-nology in the vicinity of the southwest border to achieve 13
212-situational awareness and operational control of the south-14
213-west border and deter, impede, and detect unlawful activ-15
214-ity.’’; 16
215-(2) in subsection (b)— 17
216-(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 18
183+NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-3
184+curity shall take such actions as may be necessary (includ-4
185+ing the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal en-5
186+trants) to design, test, construct, install, deploy, integrate, 6
187+and operate physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 7
188+technology in the vicinity of the southwest border to 8
189+achieve situational awareness and operational control of 9
190+the southwest border and deter, impede, and detect unlaw-10
191+ful activity.’’; 11
192+(2) in subsection (b)— 12
193+(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 13
217194 ‘‘F
218-ENCING ANDROADIMPROVEMENTS’’ and in-19
195+ENCING ANDROADIMPROVEMENTS’’ and in-14
219196 serting ‘‘P
220-HYSICALBARRIERS’’; 20
221-(B) in paragraph (1)— 21
197+HYSICALBARRIERS’’; 15
198+(B) in paragraph (1)— 16
222199 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘
223-FENC-22
224-ING’’ and inserting ‘‘BARRIERS’’; 23
225-(ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 24
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230-‘‘(A) REINFORCED BARRIERS.—In carrying 1
231-out this section, the Secretary of Homeland Se-2
232-curity shall construct a border wall, including 3
233-physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 4
234-technology, along not fewer than 900 miles of the 5
235-southwest border until situational awareness and 6
236-operational control of the southwest border is 7
237-achieved.’’; 8
238-(iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 9
239-read as follows: 10
200+FENC-17
201+ING’’ and inserting ‘‘BARRIERS’’; 18
202+(ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 19
203+read as follows: 20
204+‘‘(A) R
205+EINFORCED BARRIERS.—In carrying 21
206+out this section, the Secretary of Homeland Se-22
207+curity shall construct a border wall, including 23
208+physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 24
209+technology, along not fewer than 900 miles of 25
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213+the southwest border until situational aware-1
214+ness and operational control of the southwest 2
215+border is achieved.’’; 3
216+(iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 4
217+read as follows: 5
240218 ‘‘(B) P
241-HYSICAL BARRIERS AND TACTICAL 11
242-INFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying out this section, 12
243-the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deploy 13
244-along the southwest border the most practical 14
245-and effective physical barriers, tactical infra-15
246-structure, and technology available for achieving 16
247-situational awareness and operational control of 17
248-the southwest border.’’; 18
249-(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 19
250-(I) by amending clause (i) to read 20
251-as follows: 21
219+HYSICAL BARRIERS AND TACTICAL 6
220+INFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying out this sec-7
221+tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 8
222+deploy along the southwest border the most 9
223+practical and effective physical barriers, tactical 10
224+infrastructure, and technology available for 11
225+achieving situational awareness and operational 12
226+control of the southwest border.’’; 13
227+(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 14
228+(I) by amending clause (i) to 15
229+read as follows: 16
252230 ‘‘(i) I
253-N GENERAL.—In carrying out 22
254-this section, the Secretary of Homeland Se-23
255-curity shall consult with the Secretary of 24
256-the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, 25
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260-appropriate representatives of State, Tribal, 1
261-and local governments, and appropriate 2
262-private property owners in the United 3
263-States to minimize the impact on natural 4
264-resources, commerce, and sites of historical 5
265-or cultural significance for the communities 6
266-and residents located near the sites at which 7
267-physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 8
268-and technology are to be constructed. Such 9
269-consultation may not delay such construc-10
270-tion for longer than seven days.’’; and 11
271-(II) in clause (ii)— 12
272-(aa) in subclause (I), by 13
273-striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon 14
274-at the end; 15
275-(bb) by amending subclause 16
276-(II) to read as follows: 17
277-‘‘(II) delay the transfer to the 18
278-United States of the possession of prop-19
279-erty or affect the validity of any prop-20
280-erty acquisition by the United States 21
281-by purchase or eminent domain, or to 22
282-otherwise affect the eminent domain 23
283-laws of the United States or of any 24
284-State; or’’; and 25
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288-(cc) by adding at the end the 1
289-following new subclause: 2
290-‘‘(III) create any right or liability 3
291-for any party.’’; and 4
292-(v) by striking subparagraph (D); 5
293-(C) in paragraph (2)— 6
294-(i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and 7
295-inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-8
296-rity’’; 9
297-(ii) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and 10
298-inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 11
299-(iii) by striking ‘‘construction of 12
300-fences’’ and inserting ‘‘the construction of 13
301-physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 14
302-and technology’’; 15
303-(D) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 16
304-follows: 17
231+N GENERAL.—In carrying out 17
232+this section, the Secretary of Homeland 18
233+Security shall consult with the Secretary of 19
234+the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, 20
235+appropriate representatives of State, Trib-21
236+al, and local governments, and appropriate 22
237+private property owners in the United 23
238+States to minimize the impact on natural 24
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243+or cultural significance for the commu-1
244+nities and residents located near the sites 2
245+at which physical barriers, tactical infra-3
246+structure, and technology are to be con-4
247+structed. Such consultation may not delay 5
248+such construction for longer than seven 6
249+days.’’; and 7
250+(II) in clause (ii)— 8
251+(aa) in subclause (I), by 9
252+striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon 10
253+at the end; 11
254+(bb) by amending subclause 12
255+(II) to read as follows: 13
256+‘‘(II) delay the transfer to the 14
257+United States of the possession of 15
258+property or affect the validity of any 16
259+property acquisition by the United 17
260+States by purchase or eminent do-18
261+main, or to otherwise affect the emi-19
262+nent domain laws of the United States 20
263+or of any State; or’’; and 21
264+(cc) by adding at the end 22
265+the following new subclause: 23
266+‘‘(III) create any right or liability 24
267+for any party.’’; and 25
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271+(v) by striking subparagraph (D); 1
272+(C) in paragraph (2)— 2
273+(i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 3
274+and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-4
275+curity’’; 5
276+(ii) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and 6
277+inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 7
278+(iii) by striking ‘‘construction of 8
279+fences’’ and inserting ‘‘the construction of 9
280+physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 10
281+and technology’’; 11
282+(D) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 12
283+follows: 13
305284 ‘‘(3) A
306-GENT SAFETY.—In carrying out this sec-18
307-tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security, when de-19
308-signing, testing, constructing, installing, deploying, 20
309-integrating, and operating physical barriers, tactical 21
310-infrastructure, or technology, shall incorporate such 22
311-safety features into such design, test, construction, in-23
312-stallation, deployment, integration, or operation of 24
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317-nology, as the case may be, that the Secretary deter-1
318-mines are necessary to maximize the safety and effec-2
319-tiveness of officers and agents of the Department of 3
320-Homeland Security or of any other Federal agency 4
321-deployed in the vicinity of such physical barriers, tac-5
322-tical infrastructure, or technology.’’; and 6
323-(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this sub-7
324-section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 8
325-(3) in subsection (c)— 9
326-(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 10
327-follows: 11
285+GENT SAFETY.—In carrying out this sec-14
286+tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security, when de-15
287+signing, testing, constructing, installing, deploying, 16
288+integrating, and operating physical barriers, tactical 17
289+infrastructure, or technology, shall incorporate such 18
290+safety features into such design, test, construction, 19
291+installation, deployment, integration, or operation of 20
292+such physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, or 21
293+technology, as the case may be, that the Secretary 22
294+determines are necessary to maximize the safety and 23
295+effectiveness of officers and agents of the Depart-24
296+ment of Homeland Security or of any other Federal 25
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300+agency deployed in the vicinity of such physical bar-1
301+riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology.’’; and 2
302+(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this 3
303+subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 4
304+(3) in subsection (c)— 5
305+(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 6
306+follows: 7
328307 ‘‘(1) I
329-N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 12
330-provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 13
331-shall waive all legal requirements necessary to ensure 14
332-the expeditious design, testing, construction, installa-15
333-tion, deployment, integration, operation, and mainte-16
334-nance of the physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 17
335-and technology under this section. The Secretary shall 18
336-ensure the maintenance and effectiveness of such 19
337-physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, or tech-20
338-nology. Any such action by the Secretary shall be ef-21
339-fective upon publication in the Federal Register.’’; 22
340-(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 23
341-paragraph (3); and 24
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345-(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-1
346-lowing new paragraph: 2
308+N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 8
309+provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 9
310+shall waive all legal requirements necessary to en-10
311+sure the expeditious design, testing, construction, in-11
312+stallation, deployment, integration, operation, and 12
313+maintenance of the physical barriers, tactical infra-13
314+structure, and technology under this section. The 14
315+Secretary shall ensure the maintenance and effec-15
316+tiveness of such physical barriers, tactical infrastruc-16
317+ture, or technology. Any such action by the Sec-17
318+retary shall be effective upon publication in the Fed-18
319+eral Register.’’; 19
320+(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 20
321+paragraph (3); and 21
322+(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 22
323+following new paragraph: 23
347324 ‘‘(2) N
348-OTIFICATION.—Not later than seven days 3
349-after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 4
350-Security exercises a waiver pursuant to paragraph 5
351-(1), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on 6
352-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 7
353-and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-8
354-ernmental Affairs of the Senate of such waiver.’’; and 9
355-(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-10
356-sections: 11
325+OTIFICATION.—Not later than seven 24
326+days after the date on which the Secretary of Home-25
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330+land Security exercises a waiver pursuant to para-1
331+graph (1), the Secretary shall notify the Committee 2
332+on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-3
333+tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 4
334+Governmental Affairs of the Senate of such waiver.’’; 5
335+and 6
336+(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-7
337+sections: 8
357338 ‘‘(e) T
358-ECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this section, the 12
359-Secretary of Homeland Security shall deploy along the 13
360-southwest border the most practical and effective technology 14
361-available for achieving situational awareness and oper-15
362-ational control. 16
339+ECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this section, the 9
340+Secretary of Homeland Security shall deploy along the 10
341+southwest border the most practical and effective tech-11
342+nology available for achieving situational awareness and 12
343+operational control. 13
363344 ‘‘(f) D
364-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
345+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
365346 ‘‘(1) A
366-DVANCED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE 18
367-SENSORS.—The term ‘advanced unattended surveil-19
368-lance sensors’ means sensors that utilize an onboard 20
369-computer to analyze detections in an effort to discern 21
370-between vehicles, humans, and animals, and ulti-22
371-mately filter false positives prior to transmission. 23
372-‘‘(2) O
373-PERATIONAL CONTROL.—The term ‘oper-24
374-ational control’ has the meaning given such term in 25
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378-section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 1
379-Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 2
380-‘‘(3) P
381-HYSICAL BARRIERS.—The term ‘physical 3
382-barriers’ includes reinforced fencing, the border wall, 4
383-and levee walls. 5
384-‘‘(4) S
385-ITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘situ-6
386-ational awareness’ has the meaning given such term 7
387-in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense Author-8
388-ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 9
389-328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 10
390-‘‘(5) T
391-ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 11
392-‘tactical infrastructure’ includes boat ramps, access 12
393-gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads. 13
347+DVANCED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE 15
348+SENSORS.—The term ‘advanced unattended surveil-16
349+lance sensors’ means sensors that utilize an onboard 17
350+computer to analyze detections in an effort to dis-18
351+cern between vehicles, humans, and animals, and ul-19
352+timately filter false positives prior to transmission. 20
353+‘‘(3) O
354+PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘oper-21
355+ational control’ has the meaning given such term in 22
356+section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 23
357+Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 24
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361+‘‘(4) PHYSICAL BARRIERS.—The term ‘physical 1
362+barriers’ includes reinforced fencing, the border wall, 2
363+and levee walls. 3
364+‘‘(5) S
365+ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘sit-4
366+uational awareness’ has the meaning given such 5
367+term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 6
368+Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 7
369+114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 8
394370 ‘‘(6) T
395-ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘technology’ in-14
396-cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 15
397-including the following: 16
398-‘‘(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 17
399-‘‘(B) Deployable, lighter-than-air ground 18
400-surveillance equipment. 19
401-‘‘(C) Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation 20
402-Radars (VADER). 21
403-‘‘(D) 3-dimensional, seismic acoustic detec-22
404-tion and ranging border tunneling detection 23
405-technology. 24
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409-‘‘(E) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-1
410-sors. 2
411-‘‘(F) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-3
412-able surveillance capabilities. 4
413-‘‘(G) Unmanned aircraft systems. 5
414-‘‘(H) Tunnel detection systems and other 6
415-seismic technology. 7
416-‘‘(I) Fiber-optic cable. 8
417-‘‘(J) Other border detection, communica-9
418-tion, and surveillance technology. 10
419-‘‘(7) U
420-NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 11
421-‘unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given 12
422-such term in section 44801 of title 49, United States 13
423-Code.’’. 14
424-SEC. 5. BORDER AND PORT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY IN-15
425-VESTMENT PLAN. 16
371+ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 9
372+‘tactical infrastructure’ includes boat ramps, access 10
373+gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads. 11
374+‘‘(7) T
375+ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘technology’ in-12
376+cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 13
377+including the following: 14
378+‘‘(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 15
379+‘‘(B) Deployable, lighter-than-air ground 16
380+surveillance equipment. 17
381+‘‘(C) Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation 18
382+Radars (VADER). 19
383+‘‘(D) 3-dimensional, seismic acoustic detec-20
384+tion and ranging border tunneling detection 21
385+technology. 22
386+‘‘(E) Advanced unattended surveillance 23
387+sensors. 24
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391+‘‘(F) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man- 1
392+portable surveillance capabilities. 2
393+‘‘(G) Unmanned aircraft systems. 3
394+‘‘(H) Tunnel detection systems and other 4
395+seismic technology. 5
396+‘‘(I) Fiber-optic cable. 6
397+‘‘(J) Other border detection, communica-7
398+tion, and surveillance technology. 8
399+‘‘(8) U
400+NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 9
401+‘unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given 10
402+such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 11
403+States Code.’’. 12
404+SEC. 5. BORDER AND PORT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY IN-13
405+VESTMENT PLAN. 14
426406 (a) I
427-NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 17
428-date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner, in 18
429-consultation with covered officials and border and port se-19
430-curity technology stakeholders, shall submit to the appro-20
431-priate congressional committees a strategic 5-year tech-21
432-nology investment plan (in this section referred to as the 22
433-‘‘plan’’). The plan may include a classified annex, if appro-23
434-priate. 24
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438-(b) CONTENTS OFPLAN.—The plan shall include the 1
439-following: 2
440-(1) An analysis of security risks at and between 3
441-ports of entry along the northern and southern bor-4
442-ders of the United States. 5
443-(2) An identification of capability gaps with re-6
444-spect to security at and between such ports of entry 7
445-to be mitigated in order to— 8
446-(A) prevent terrorists and instruments of 9
447-terror from entering the United States; 10
448-(B) combat and reduce cross-border crimi-11
449-nal activity, including— 12
450-(i) the transport of illegal goods, such 13
451-as illicit drugs; and 14
452-(ii) human smuggling and human 15
453-trafficking; and 16
454-(C) facilitate the flow of legal trade across 17
455-the southwest border. 18
456-(3) An analysis of current and forecast trends 19
457-relating to the number of aliens who— 20
458-(A) unlawfully entered the United States by 21
459-crossing the northern or southern border of the 22
460-United States; or 23
461-(B) are unlawfully present in the United 24
462-States. 25
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466-(4) A description of security-related technology 1
467-acquisitions, to be listed in order of priority, to ad-2
468-dress the security risks and capability gaps analyzed 3
469-and identified pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), 4
470-respectively. 5
471-(5) A description of each planned security-re-6
472-lated technology program, including objectives, goals, 7
473-and timelines for each such program. 8
474-(6) An identification of each deployed security- 9
475-related technology that is at or near the end of the life 10
476-cycle of such technology. 11
477-(7) A description of the test, evaluation, mod-12
478-eling, and simulation capabilities, including target 13
479-methodologies, rationales, and timelines, necessary to 14
480-support the acquisition of security-related technologies 15
481-pursuant to paragraph (4). 16
482-(8) An identification and assessment of ways to 17
483-increase opportunities for communication and col-18
484-laboration with the private sector, small and dis-19
485-advantaged businesses, intragovernment entities, uni-20
486-versity centers of excellence, and federal laboratories 21
487-to ensure CBP is able to engage with the market for 22
488-security-related technologies that are available to sat-23
489-isfy its mission needs before engaging in an acquisi-24
490-tion of a security-related technology. 25
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494-(9) An assessment of the management of planned 1
495-security-related technology programs by the acquisi-2
496-tion workforce of CBP. 3
407+NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 15
408+date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner, 16
409+in consultation with covered officials and border and port 17
410+security technology stakeholders, shall submit to the ap-18
411+propriate congressional committees a strategic 5-year 19
412+technology investment plan (in this section referred to as 20
413+the ‘‘plan’’). The plan may include a classified annex, if 21
414+appropriate. 22
415+(b) C
416+ONTENTS OFPLAN.—The plan shall include the 23
417+following: 24
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421+(1) An analysis of security risks at and between 1
422+ports of entry along the northern and southern bor-2
423+ders of the United States. 3
424+(2) An identification of capability gaps with re-4
425+spect to security at and between such ports of entry 5
426+to be mitigated in order to— 6
427+(A) prevent terrorists and instruments of 7
428+terror from entering the United States; 8
429+(B) combat and reduce cross-border crimi-9
430+nal activity, including— 10
431+(i) the transport of illegal goods, such 11
432+as illicit drugs; and 12
433+(ii) human smuggling and human 13
434+trafficking; and 14
435+(C) facilitate the flow of legal trade across 15
436+the southwest border. 16
437+(3) An analysis of current and forecast trends 17
438+relating to the number of aliens who— 18
439+(A) unlawfully entered the United States 19
440+by crossing the northern or southern border of 20
441+the United States; or 21
442+(B) are unlawfully present in the United 22
443+States. 23
444+(4) A description of security-related technology 24
445+acquisitions, to be listed in order of priority, to ad-25
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449+dress the security risks and capability gaps analyzed 1
450+and identified pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), 2
451+respectively. 3
452+(5) A description of each planned security-re-4
453+lated technology program, including objectives, goals, 5
454+and timelines for each such program. 6
455+(6) An identification of each deployed security- 7
456+related technology that is at or near the end of the 8
457+life cycle of such technology. 9
458+(7) A description of the test, evaluation, mod-10
459+eling, and simulation capabilities, including target 11
460+methodologies, rationales, and timelines, necessary 12
461+to support the acquisition of security-related tech-13
462+nologies pursuant to paragraph (4). 14
463+(8) An identification and assessment of ways to 15
464+increase opportunities for communication and col-16
465+laboration with the private sector, small and dis-17
466+advantaged businesses, intragovernment entities, 18
467+university centers of excellence, and Federal labora-19
468+tories to ensure CBP is able to engage with the mar-20
469+ket for security-related technologies that are avail-21
470+able to satisfy its mission needs before engaging in 22
471+an acquisition of a security-related technology. 23
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475+(9) An assessment of the management of 1
476+planned security-related technology programs by the 2
477+acquisition workforce of CBP. 3
497478 (10) An identification of ways to leverage al-4
498479 ready-existing acquisition expertise within the Fed-5
499480 eral Government. 6
500481 (11) A description of the security resources, in-7
501482 cluding information security resources, required to 8
502483 protect security-related technology from physical or 9
503484 cyber theft, diversion, sabotage, or attack. 10
504485 (12) A description of initiatives to— 11
505486 (A) streamline the acquisition process of 12
506487 CBP; and 13
507488 (B) provide to the private sector greater 14
508489 predictability and transparency with respect to 15
509490 such process, including information relating to 16
510491 the timeline for testing and evaluation of secu-17
511492 rity-related technology. 18
512493 (13) An assessment of the privacy and security 19
513494 impact on border communities of security-related 20
514495 technology. 21
515496 (14) In the case of a new acquisition leading to 22
516497 the removal of equipment from a port of entry along 23
517-the northern or southern border of the United States, 24
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521-a strategy to consult with the private sector and com-1
522-munity stakeholders affected by such removal. 2
523-(15) A strategy to consult with the private sector 3
524-and community stakeholders with respect to security 4
525-impacts at a port of entry described in paragraph 5
526-(14). 6
527-(16) An identification of recent technological ad-7
528-vancements in the following: 8
498+the northern or southern border of the United 24
499+States, a strategy to consult with the private sector 25
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503+and community stakeholders affected by such re-1
504+moval. 2
505+(15) A strategy to consult with the private sec-3
506+tor and community stakeholders with respect to se-4
507+curity impacts at a port of entry described in para-5
508+graph (14). 6
509+(16) An identification of recent technological 7
510+advancements in the following: 8
529511 (A) Manned aircraft sensor, communica-9
530512 tion, and common operating picture technology. 10
531513 (B) Unmanned aerial systems and related 11
532514 technology, including counter-unmanned aerial 12
533515 system technology. 13
534516 (C) Surveillance technology, including the 14
535517 following: 15
536518 (i) Mobile surveillance vehicles. 16
537519 (ii) Associated electronics, including 17
538520 cameras, sensor technology, and radar. 18
539521 (iii) Tower-based surveillance tech-19
540522 nology. 20
541523 (iv) Advanced unattended surveillance 21
542524 sensors. 22
543525 (v) Deployable, lighter-than-air, 23
544526 ground surveillance equipment. 24
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548530 (D) Nonintrusive inspection technology, in-1
549-cluding non-X-ray devices utilizing muon tomog-2
550-raphy and other advanced detection technology. 3
551-(E) Tunnel detection technology. 4
552-(F) Communications equipment, including 5
553-the following: 6
554-(i) Radios. 7
555-(ii) Long-term evolution broadband. 8
556-(iii) Miniature satellites. 9
531+cluding non-X-ray devices utilizing muon to-2
532+mography and other advanced detection tech-3
533+nology. 4
534+(E) Tunnel detection technology. 5
535+(F) Communications equipment, including 6
536+the following: 7
537+(i) Radios. 8
538+(ii) Long-term evolution broadband. 9
539+(iii) Miniature satellites. 10
557540 (c) L
558-EVERAGING THEPRIVATESECTOR.—To the ex-10
559-tent practicable, the plan shall— 11
560-(1) leverage emerging technological capabilities, 12
561-and research and development trends, within the pub-13
562-lic and private sectors; 14
563-(2) incorporate input from the private sector, in-15
564-cluding from border and port security stakeholders, 16
565-through requests for information, industry day events, 17
566-and other innovative means consistent with the Fed-18
567-eral Acquisition Regulation; and 19
568-(3) identify security-related technologies that are 20
569-in development or deployed, with or without adapta-21
570-tion, that may satisfy the mission needs of CBP. 22
571-(d) F
572-ORM.—To the extent practicable, the plan shall 23
573-be published in unclassified form on the website of the De-24
574-partment. 25
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578-(e) DISCLOSURE.—The plan shall include an identi-1
579-fication of individuals not employed by the Federal Govern-2
580-ment, and their professional affiliations, who contributed 3
581-to the development of the plan. 4
541+EVERAGING THEPRIVATESECTOR.—To the ex-11
542+tent practicable, the plan shall— 12
543+(1) leverage emerging technological capabilities, 13
544+and research and development trends, within the 14
545+public and private sectors; 15
546+(2) incorporate input from the private sector, 16
547+including from border and port security stake-17
548+holders, through requests for information, industry 18
549+day events, and other innovative means consistent 19
550+with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and 20
551+(3) identify security-related technologies that 21
552+are in development or deployed, with or without ad-22
553+aptation, that may satisfy the mission needs of CBP. 23
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557+(d) FORM.—To the extent practicable, the plan shall 1
558+be published in unclassified form on the website of the 2
559+Department. 3
560+(e) D
561+ISCLOSURE.—The plan shall include an identi-4
562+fication of individuals not employed by the Federal Gov-5
563+ernment, and their professional affiliations, who contrib-6
564+uted to the development of the plan. 7
582565 (f) U
583-PDATE ANDREPORT.—Not later than the date 5
584-that is two years after the date on which the plan is sub-6
585-mitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursu-7
586-ant to subsection (a) and biennially thereafter for ten years, 8
587-the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congres-9
588-sional committees— 10
589-(1) an update of the plan, if appropriate; and 11
590-(2) a report that includes— 12
591-(A) the extent to which each security-related 13
592-technology acquired by CBP since the initial 14
593-submission of the plan or most recent update of 15
594-the plan, as the case may be, is consistent with 16
595-the planned technology programs and projects 17
596-described pursuant to subsection (b)(5); and 18
597-(B) the type of contract and the reason for 19
598-acquiring each such security-related technology. 20
566+PDATE ANDREPORT.—Not later than the date 8
567+that is two years after the date on which the plan is sub-9
568+mitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursu-10
569+ant to subsection (a) and biennially thereafter for ten 11
570+years, the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate 12
571+congressional committees— 13
572+(1) an update of the plan, if appropriate; and 14
573+(2) a report that includes— 15
574+(A) the extent to which each security-re-16
575+lated technology acquired by CBP since the ini-17
576+tial submission of the plan or most recent up-18
577+date of the plan, as the case may be, is con-19
578+sistent with the planned technology programs 20
579+and projects described pursuant to subsection 21
580+(b)(5); and 22
581+(B) the type of contract and the reason for 23
582+acquiring each such security-related technology. 24
599583 (g) D
600-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 21
601-(1) A
602-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -22
603-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-23
604-tees’’ means— 24
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608-(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 1
609-and the Committee on Appropriations of the 2
610-House of Representatives; and 3
611-(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 4
612-and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 5
613-Appropriations of the Senate. 6
584+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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588+(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
589+TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
590+mittees’’ means— 3
591+(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 4
592+and the Committee on Appropriations of the 5
593+House of Representatives; and 6
594+(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 7
595+and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 8
596+on Appropriations of the Senate. 9
614597 (2) C
615-OVERED OFFICIALS.—The term ‘‘covered of-7
616-ficials’’ means— 8
617-(A) the Under Secretary for Management of 9
618-the Department; 10
619-(B) the Under Secretary for Science and 11
620-Technology of the Department; and 12
621-(C) the Chief Information Officer of the De-13
622-partment. 14
598+OVERED OFFICIALS.—The term ‘‘covered 10
599+officials’’ means— 11
600+(A) the Under Secretary for Management 12
601+of the Department; 13
602+(B) the Under Secretary for Science and 14
603+Technology of the Department; and 15
604+(C) the Chief Information Officer of the 16
605+Department. 17
623606 (3) U
624-NLAWFULLY PRESENT .—The term ‘‘unlaw-15
625-fully present’’ has the meaning provided such term in 16
626-section 212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-17
627-tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)). 18
628-SEC. 6. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MAN-19
629-AGEMENT. 20
607+NLAWFULLY PRESENT .—The term ‘‘un-18
608+lawfully present’’ has the meaning provided such 19
609+term in section 212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration 20
610+and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)). 21
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614+SEC. 6. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MAN-1
615+AGEMENT. 2
630616 (a) I
631-NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the Home-21
632-land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended 22
633-by adding at the end the following new section: 23
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637-‘‘SEC. 437. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 1
638-MANAGEMENT. 2
617+NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 3
618+Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 4
619+is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 5
620+‘‘SEC. 437. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 6
621+MANAGEMENT. 7
639622 ‘‘(a) M
640-AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMDEFINED.—In 3
641-this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 4
642-an acquisition program of the Department that is estimated 5
643-by the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure 6
644-of at least $100,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2023 constant 7
645-dollars) over its life-cycle cost. 8
623+AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMDEFINED.—In 8
624+this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 9
625+an acquisition program of the Department that is esti-10
626+mated by the Secretary to require an eventual total ex-11
627+penditure of at least $100,000,000 (based on fiscal year 12
628+2023 constant dollars) over its life-cycle cost. 13
646629 ‘‘(b) P
647-LANNINGDOCUMENTATION.—For each border se-9
648-curity technology acquisition program of the Department 10
649-that is determined to be a major acquisition program, the 11
650-Secretary shall— 12
651-‘‘(1) ensure that each such program has a writ-13
652-ten acquisition program baseline approved by the rel-14
653-evant acquisition decision authority; 15
654-‘‘(2) document that each such program is satis-16
655-fying cost, schedule, and performance thresholds as 17
656-specified in such baseline, in compliance with rel-18
657-evant departmental acquisition policies and the Fed-19
658-eral Acquisition Regulation; and 20
659-‘‘(3) have a plan for satisfying program imple-21
660-mentation objectives by managing contractor perform-22
661-ance. 23
630+LANNINGDOCUMENTATION.—For each border 14
631+security technology acquisition program of the Depart-15
632+ment that is determined to be a major acquisition pro-16
633+gram, the Secretary shall— 17
634+‘‘(1) ensure that each such program has a writ-18
635+ten acquisition program baseline approved by the 19
636+relevant acquisition decision authority; 20
637+‘‘(2) document that each such program is satis-21
638+fying cost, schedule, and performance thresholds as 22
639+specified in such baseline, in compliance with rel-23
640+evant departmental acquisition policies and the Fed-24
641+eral Acquisition Regulation; and 25
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645+‘‘(3) have a plan for satisfying program imple-1
646+mentation objectives by managing contractor per-2
647+formance. 3
662648 ‘‘(c) A
663-DHERENCE TO STANDARDS.—The Secretary, 24
664-acting through the Under Secretary for Management and 25
665-the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 26
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669-shall ensure border security technology acquisition program 1
670-managers who are responsible for carrying out this section 2
671-adhere to relevant internal control standards identified by 3
672-the Comptroller General of the United States. The Commis-4
673-sioner shall provide information, as needed, to assist the 5
674-Under Secretary in monitoring management of border secu-6
675-rity technology acquisition programs under this section. 7
649+DHERENCE TO STANDARDS.—The Secretary, 4
650+acting through the Under Secretary for Management and 5
651+the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6
652+shall ensure border security technology acquisition pro-7
653+gram managers who are responsible for carrying out this 8
654+section adhere to relevant internal control standards iden-9
655+tified by the Comptroller General of the United States. 10
656+The Commissioner shall provide information, as needed, 11
657+to assist the Under Secretary in monitoring management 12
658+of border security technology acquisition programs under 13
659+this section. 14
676660 ‘‘(d) P
677-LAN.—The Secretary, acting through the Under 8
678-Secretary for Management, in coordination with the Under 9
679-Secretary for Science and Technology and the Commis-10
680-sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall submit 11
681-to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 12
682-Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 13
683-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan for testing, 14
684-evaluating, and using independent verification and valida-15
685-tion of resources relating to the proposed acquisition of bor-16
686-der security technology. Under such plan, the proposed ac-17
687-quisition of new border security technologies shall be evalu-18
688-ated through a series of assessments, processes, and audits 19
689-to ensure— 20
690-‘‘(1) compliance with relevant departmental ac-21
691-quisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regula-22
692-tion; and 23
693-‘‘(2) the effective use of taxpayer dollars.’’. 24
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697-(b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 1
698-section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 2
699-amended by inserting after the item relating to section 436 3
700-the following new item: 4
661+LAN.—The Secretary, acting through the 15
662+Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with 16
663+the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the 17
664+Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 18
665+shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 19
666+the House of Representatives and the Committee on 20
667+Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-21
668+ate a plan for testing, evaluating, and using independent 22
669+verification and validation of resources relating to the pro-23
670+posed acquisition of border security technology. Under 24
671+such plan, the proposed acquisition of new border security 25
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675+technologies shall be evaluated through a series of assess-1
676+ments, processes, and audits to ensure— 2
677+‘‘(1) compliance with relevant departmental ac-3
678+quisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regu-4
679+lation; and 5
680+‘‘(2) the effective use of taxpayer dollars.’’. 6
681+(b) C
682+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 7
683+in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 8
684+amended by inserting after the item relating to section 9
685+436 the following new item: 10
701686 ‘‘Sec. 437. Border security technology program management.’’.
702-(c) PROHIBITION ONADDITIONALAUTHORIZATION OF 5
703-A
704-PPROPRIATIONS.—No additional funds are authorized to 6
705-be appropriated to carry out section 437 of the Homeland 7
706-Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a). 8
707-SEC. 7. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TECH-9
708-NOLOGY UPGRADES. 10
687+(c) PROHIBITION ONADDITIONALAUTHORIZATION 11
688+OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—No additional funds are author-12
689+ized to be appropriated to carry out section 437 of the 13
690+Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection 14
691+(a). 15
692+SEC. 7. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TECH-16
693+NOLOGY UPGRADES. 17
709694 (a) S
710-ECURECOMMUNICATIONS.—The Commissioner 11
711-shall ensure that each CBP officer or agent, as appropriate, 12
712-is equipped with a secure radio or other two-way commu-13
713-nication device that allows each such officer or agent to 14
714-communicate— 15
715-(1) between ports of entry and inspection sta-16
716-tions; and 17
717-(2) with other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 18
718-law enforcement entities. 19
695+ECURECOMMUNICATIONS.—The Commissioner 18
696+shall ensure that each CBP officer or agent, as appro-19
697+priate, is equipped with a secure radio or other two-way 20
698+communication device that allows each such officer or 21
699+agent to communicate— 22
700+(1) between ports of entry and inspection sta-23
701+tions; and 24
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705+(2) with other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 1
706+law enforcement entities. 2
719707 (b) B
720-ORDERSECURITYDEPLOYMENTPROGRAM.— 20
708+ORDERSECURITYDEPLOYMENTPROGRAM.— 3
721709 (1) E
722-XPANSION.—Not later than September 30, 21
723-2025, the Commissioner shall— 22
724-(A) fully implement the Border Security 23
725-Deployment Program of CBP; and 24
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729-(B) expand the integrated surveillance and 1
730-intrusion detection system at land ports of entry 2
731-along the northern and southern borders of the 3
732-United States. 4
710+XPANSION.—Not later than September 30, 4
711+2025, the Commissioner shall— 5
712+(A) fully implement the Border Security 6
713+Deployment Program of CBP; and 7
714+(B) expand the integrated surveillance and 8
715+intrusion detection system at land ports of 9
716+entry along the northern and southern borders 10
717+of the United States. 11
733718 (2) A
734-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 5
735-addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-6
736-propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to be 7
737-appropriated $33,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 and 8
738-2025 to carry out paragraph (1). 9
719+UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 12
720+addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-13
721+propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 14
722+be appropriated $33,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 15
723+and 2025 to carry out paragraph (1). 16
739724 (c) U
740-PGRADE OFLICENSEPLATEREADERS ATPORTS 10
741-OFENTRY.— 11
725+PGRADE OF LICENSEPLATEREADERS AT 17
726+P
727+ORTS OFENTRY.— 18
742728 (1) U
743-PGRADE.—Not later than two years after 12
744-the date of the enactment of this section, the Commis-13
745-sioner shall upgrade all existing license plate readers 14
746-in need of upgrade, as determined by the Commis-15
747-sioner, on the northern and southern borders of the 16
748-United States. 17
749-(2) A
750-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 18
751-addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-19
752-propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to be 20
753-appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 and 21
754-2024 to carry out paragraph (1). 22
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758-SEC. 8. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PER-1
759-SONNEL. 2
729+PGRADE.—Not later than two years after 19
730+the date of the enactment of this section, the Com-20
731+missioner shall upgrade all existing license plate 21
732+readers in need of upgrade, as determined by the 22
733+Commissioner, on the northern and southern borders 23
734+of the United States. 24
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738+(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 1
739+addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-2
740+propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 3
741+be appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 4
742+and 2024 to carry out paragraph (1). 5
743+SEC. 8. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PER-6
744+SONNEL. 7
760745 (a) R
761-ETENTIONBONUS.—To carry out this section, 3
762-there is authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000 4
763-to the Commissioner to provide a retention bonus to any 5
764-front-line U.S. Border Patrol law enforcement agent— 6
765-(1) whose position is equal to or below level GS- 7
766-12 of the General Schedule; 8
767-(2) who has five years or more of service with the 9
768-U.S. Border Patrol; and 10
769-(3) who commits to two years of additional serv-11
770-ice with the U.S. Border Patrol upon acceptance of 12
771-such bonus. 13
746+ETENTIONBONUS.—To carry out this section, 8
747+there is authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000 9
748+to the Commissioner to provide a retention bonus to any 10
749+front-line U.S. Border Patrol law enforcement agent— 11
750+(1) whose position is equal to or below level GS- 12
751+12 of the General Schedule; 13
752+(2) who has five years or more of service with 14
753+the U.S. Border Patrol; and 15
754+(3) who commits to two years of additional 16
755+service with the U.S. Border Patrol upon acceptance 17
756+of such bonus. 18
772757 (b) B
773-ORDERPATROLAGENTS.—Not later than Sep-14
774-tember 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and 15
775-assign a sufficient number of Border Patrol agents to main-16
776-tain an active duty presence of not fewer than 22,000 full- 17
777-time equivalent Border Patrol agents, who may not perform 18
778-the duties of processing coordinators. 19
758+ORDERPATROLAGENTS.—Not later than Sep-19
759+tember 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and 20
760+assign a sufficient number of Border Patrol agents to 21
761+maintain an active duty presence of not fewer than 22,000 22
762+full-time equivalent Border Patrol agents, who may not 23
763+perform the duties of processing coordinators. 24
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767+(c) PROHIBITIONAGAINSTALIENTRAVEL.—No per-1
768+sonnel or equipment of Air and Marine Operations may 2
769+be used for the transportation of non-detained aliens, or 3
770+detained aliens expected to be administratively released 4
771+upon arrival, from the southwest border to destinations 5
772+within the United States. 6
773+(d) GAO R
774+EPORT.—If the staffing level required 7
775+under this section is not achieved by the date associated 8
776+with such level, the Comptroller General of the United 9
777+States shall— 10
778+(1) conduct a review of the reasons why such 11
779+level was not so achieved; and 12
780+(2) not later than September 30, 2027, publish 13
781+on a publicly available website of the Government 14
782+Accountability Office a report relating thereto. 15
783+SEC. 9. ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT REAUTHORIZA-16
784+TION. 17
785+(a) H
786+IRINGFLEXIBILITY.—Section 3 of the Anti- 18
787+Border Corruption Act of 2010 (6 U.S.C. 221; Public Law 19
788+111–376) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in-20
789+serting the following new subsections: 21
790+‘‘(b) W
791+AIVERREQUIREMENT.—Subject to subsection 22
792+(c), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-23
793+tection shall waive the application of subsection (a)(1)— 24
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797+‘‘(1) to a current, full-time law enforcement of-1
798+ficer employed by a State or local law enforcement 2
799+agency who— 3
800+‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-4
801+forcement officer for not fewer than three 5
802+years; 6
803+‘‘(B) is authorized by law to engage in or 7
804+supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-8
805+tion, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of 9
806+any person for, any violation of law, and has 10
807+statutory powers for arrest or apprehension; 11
808+and 12
809+‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 13
810+has not been found to have engaged in criminal 14
811+activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 15
812+from a law enforcement officer position under 16
813+investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 17
814+not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-18
815+cer position; 19
816+‘‘(2) to a current, full-time Federal law enforce-20
817+ment officer who— 21
818+‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-22
819+forcement officer for not fewer than three 23
820+years; 24
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824+‘‘(B) is authorized to make arrests, con-1
825+duct investigations, conduct searches, make sei-2
826+zures, carry firearms, and serve orders, war-3
827+rants, and other processes; 4
828+‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 5
829+has not been found to have engaged in criminal 6
830+activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 7
831+from a law enforcement officer position under 8
832+investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 9
833+not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-10
834+cer position; and 11
835+‘‘(D) holds a current Tier 4 background 12
836+investigation or current Tier 5 background in-13
837+vestigation; or 14
838+‘‘(3) to a member of the Armed Forces (or a re-15
839+serve component thereof) or a veteran, if such indi-16
840+vidual— 17
841+‘‘(A) has served in the Armed Forces for 18
842+not fewer than three years; 19
843+‘‘(B) holds, or has held within the past five 20
844+years, a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/Sen-21
845+sitive Compartmented Information clearance; 22
846+‘‘(C) holds, or has undergone within the 23
847+past five years, a current Tier 4 background in-24
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851+vestigation or current Tier 5 background inves-1
852+tigation; 2
853+‘‘(D) received, or is eligible to receive, an 3
854+honorable discharge from service in the Armed 4
855+Forces and has not engaged in criminal activity 5
856+or committed a serious military or civil offense 6
857+under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; 7
858+and 8
859+‘‘(E) was not granted any waivers to ob-9
860+tain the clearance referred to in subparagraph 10
861+(B). 11
862+‘‘(c) T
863+ERMINATION OF WAIVERREQUIREMENT; 12
864+S
865+NAP-BACK.—The requirement to issue a waiver under 13
866+subsection (b) shall terminate if the Commissioner of U.S. 14
867+Customs and Border Protection (CBP) certifies to the 15
868+Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-16
869+resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 17
870+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP has met 18
871+all requirements pursuant to section 8 of the Border Rein-19
872+forcement Act of 2023 relating to personnel levels. If at 20
873+any time after such certification personnel levels fall below 21
874+such requirements, the Commissioner shall waive the ap-22
875+plication of subsection (a)(1) until such time as the Com-23
876+missioner re-certifies to such Committees that CBP has 24
877+so met all such requirements.’’. 25
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881+(b) SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY; 1
882+R
883+EPORTING; DEFINITIONS.—The Anti-Border Corruption 2
884+Act of 2010 is amended by adding at the end the following 3
885+new sections: 4
886+‘‘SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY. 5
887+‘‘(a) N
888+ONEXEMPTION.—An individual who receives a 6
889+waiver under section 3(b) is not exempt from any other 7
890+hiring requirements relating to suitability for employment 8
891+and eligibility to hold a national security designated posi-9
892+tion, as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 10
893+and Border Protection. 11
894+‘‘(b) B
895+ACKGROUNDINVESTIGATIONS.—An individual 12
896+who receives a waiver under section 3(b) who holds a cur-13
897+rent Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject to 14
898+a Tier 5 background investigation. 15
899+‘‘(c) A
900+DMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHEXAMINA-16
901+TION.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 17
902+Protection is authorized to administer a polygraph exam-18
903+ination to an applicant or employee who is eligible for or 19
904+receives a waiver under section 3(b) if information is dis-20
905+covered before the completion of a background investiga-21
906+tion that results in a determination that a polygraph ex-22
907+amination is necessary to make a final determination re-23
908+garding suitability for employment or continued employ-24
909+ment, as the case may be. 25
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913+‘‘SEC. 6. REPORTING. 1
914+‘‘(a) A
915+NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year 2
916+after the date of the enactment of this section and annu-3
917+ally thereafter while the waiver authority under section 4
918+3(b) is in effect, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 5
919+Border Protection shall submit to Congress a report that 6
920+includes, with respect to each such reporting period, the 7
921+following: 8
922+‘‘(1) Information relating to the number of 9
923+waivers granted under such section 3(b). 10
924+‘‘(2) Information relating to the percentage of 11
925+applicants who were hired after receiving such a 12
926+waiver. 13
927+‘‘(3) Information relating to the number of in-14
928+stances that a polygraph was administered to an ap-15
929+plicant who initially received such a waiver and the 16
930+results of such polygraph. 17
931+‘‘(4) An assessment of the current impact of 18
932+such waiver authority on filling law enforcement po-19
933+sitions at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 20
934+‘‘(5) An identification of additional authorities 21
935+needed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 22
936+better utilize such waiver authority for its intended 23
937+goals. 24
938+‘‘(b) A
939+DDITIONALINFORMATION.—The first report 25
940+submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: 26
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944+‘‘(1) An analysis of other methods of employ-1
945+ment suitability tests that detect deception and could 2
946+be used in conjunction with traditional background 3
947+investigations to evaluate potential applicants or em-4
948+ployees for suitability for employment or continued 5
949+employment, as the case may be. 6
950+‘‘(2) A recommendation regarding whether a 7
951+test referred to in paragraph (1) should be adopted 8
952+by U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the 9
953+polygraph examination requirement is waived pursu-10
954+ant to section 3(b). 11
955+‘‘SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 12
956+‘‘In this Act: 13
957+‘‘(1) F
958+EDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .— 14
959+The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ means a 15
960+‘law enforcement officer’, as such term is defined in 16
961+section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United 17
962+States Code. 18
963+‘‘(2) S
964+ERIOUS MILITARY OR CIVIL OFFENSE .— 19
965+The term ‘serious military or civil offense’ means an 20
966+offense for which— 21
967+‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces may 22
968+be discharged or separated from service in the 23
969+Armed Forces; and 24
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973+‘‘(B) a punitive discharge is, or would be, 1
974+authorized for the same or a closely related of-2
975+fense under the Manual for Court-Martial, as 3
976+pursuant to Army Regulation 635–200, chapter 4
977+14–12. 5
978+‘‘(3) T
979+IER 4; TIER 5.—The terms ‘Tier 4’ and 6
980+‘Tier 5’, with respect to background investigations, 7
981+have the meaning given such terms under the 2012 8
982+Federal Investigative Standards. 9
983+‘‘(4) V
984+ETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 10
985+meaning given such term in section 101(2) of title 11
986+38, United States Code.’’. 12
779987 (c) P
780-ROHIBITIONAGAINSTALIENTRAVEL.—No per-20
781-sonnel or equipment of Air and Marine Operations may 21
782-be used for the transportation of non-detained aliens, or de-22
783-tained aliens expected to be administratively released upon 23
784-arrival, from the southwest border to destinations within 24
785-the United States. 25
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789-(d) GAO REPORT.—If the staffing level required under 1
790-this section is not achieved by the date associated with such 2
791-level, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 3
792-(1) conduct a review of the reasons why such 4
793-level was not so achieved; and 5
794-(2) not later than September 30, 2027, publish 6
795-on a publicly available website of the Government Ac-7
796-countability Office a report relating thereto. 8
797-SEC. 9. ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT REAUTHORIZA-9
798-TION. 10
799-(a) H
800-IRINGFLEXIBILITY.—Section 3 of the Anti-Bor-11
801-der Corruption Act of 2010 (6 U.S.C. 221; Public Law 111– 12
802-376) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting 13
803-the following new subsections: 14
804-‘‘(b) W
805-AIVERREQUIREMENT.—Subject to subsection 15
806-(c), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-16
807-tion shall waive the application of subsection (a)(1)— 17
808-‘‘(1) to a current, full-time law enforcement offi-18
809-cer employed by a State or local law enforcement 19
810-agency who— 20
811-‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-21
812-forcement officer for not fewer than three years; 22
813-‘‘(B) is authorized by law to engage in or 23
814-supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, 24
815-or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any 25
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819-person for, any violation of law, and has statu-1
820-tory powers for arrest or apprehension; and 2
821-‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 3
822-has not been found to have engaged in criminal 4
823-activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 5
824-from a law enforcement officer position under 6
825-investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 7
826-not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-8
827-cer position; 9
828-‘‘(2) to a current, full-time Federal law enforce-10
829-ment officer who— 11
830-‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-12
831-forcement officer for not fewer than three years; 13
832-‘‘(B) is authorized to make arrests, conduct 14
833-investigations, conduct searches, make seizures, 15
834-carry firearms, and serve orders, warrants, and 16
835-other processes; 17
836-‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 18
837-has not been found to have engaged in criminal 19
838-activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 20
839-from a law enforcement officer position under 21
840-investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 22
841-not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-23
842-cer position; and 24
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846-‘‘(D) holds a current Tier 4 background in-1
847-vestigation or current Tier 5 background inves-2
848-tigation; or 3
849-‘‘(3) to a member of the Armed Forces (or a re-4
850-serve component thereof) or a veteran, if such indi-5
851-vidual— 6
852-‘‘(A) has served in the Armed Forces for not 7
853-fewer than three years; 8
854-‘‘(B) holds, or has held within the past five 9
855-years, a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/Sen-10
856-sitive Compartmented Information clearance; 11
857-‘‘(C) holds, or has undergone within the 12
858-past five years, a current Tier 4 background in-13
859-vestigation or current Tier 5 background inves-14
860-tigation; 15
861-‘‘(D) received, or is eligible to receive, an 16
862-honorable discharge from service in the Armed 17
863-Forces and has not engaged in criminal activity 18
864-or committed a serious military or civil offense 19
865-under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; and 20
866-‘‘(E) was not granted any waivers to obtain 21
867-the clearance referred to in subparagraph (B). 22
868-‘‘(c) T
869-ERMINATION OFWAIVERREQUIREMENT; SNAP- 23
870-BACK.—The requirement to issue a waiver under subsection 24
871-(b) shall terminate if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 25
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875-and Border Protection (CBP) certifies to the Committee on 1
876-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 2
877-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-3
878-fairs of the Senate that CBP has met all requirements pur-4
879-suant to section 8 of the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023 5
880-relating to personnel levels. If at any time after such certifi-6
881-cation personnel levels fall below such requirements, the 7
882-Commissioner shall waive the application of subsection 8
883-(a)(1) until such time as the Commissioner re-certifies to 9
884-such Committees that CBP has so met all such require-10
885-ments.’’. 11
886-(b) S
887-UPPLEMENTALCOMMISSIONERAUTHORITY; RE-12
888-PORTING; DEFINITIONS.—The Anti-Border Corruption Act 13
889-of 2010 is amended by adding at the end the following new 14
890-sections: 15
891-‘‘SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY. 16
892-‘‘(a) N
893-ONEXEMPTION.—An individual who receives a 17
894-waiver under section 3(b) is not exempt from any other hir-18
895-ing requirements relating to suitability for employment and 19
896-eligibility to hold a national security designated position, 20
897-as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 21
898-Border Protection. 22
899-‘‘(b) B
900-ACKGROUNDINVESTIGATIONS.—An individual 23
901-who receives a waiver under section 3(b) who holds a cur-24
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905-rent Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject to a 1
906-Tier 5 background investigation. 2
907-‘‘(c) A
908-DMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHEXAMINA-3
909-TION.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 4
910-Protection is authorized to administer a polygraph exam-5
911-ination to an applicant or employee who is eligible for or 6
912-receives a waiver under section 3(b) if information is dis-7
913-covered before the completion of a background investigation 8
914-that results in a determination that a polygraph examina-9
915-tion is necessary to make a final determination regarding 10
916-suitability for employment or continued employment, as the 11
917-case may be. 12
918-‘‘SEC. 6. REPORTING. 13
919-‘‘(a) A
920-NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year after 14
921-the date of the enactment of this section and annually there-15
922-after while the waiver authority under section 3(b) is in 16
923-effect, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-17
924-tection shall submit to Congress a report that includes, with 18
925-respect to each such reporting period, the following: 19
926-‘‘(1) Information relating to the number of waiv-20
927-ers granted under such section 3(b). 21
928-‘‘(2) Information relating to the percentage of 22
929-applicants who were hired after receiving such a 23
930-waiver. 24
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934-‘‘(3) Information relating to the number of in-1
935-stances that a polygraph was administered to an ap-2
936-plicant who initially received such a waiver and the 3
937-results of such polygraph. 4
938-‘‘(4) An assessment of the current impact of such 5
939-waiver authority on filling law enforcement positions 6
940-at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 7
941-‘‘(5) An identification of additional authorities 8
942-needed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to bet-9
943-ter utilize such waiver authority for its intended 10
944-goals. 11
945-‘‘(b) A
946-DDITIONALINFORMATION.—The first report sub-12
947-mitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: 13
948-‘‘(1) An analysis of other methods of employment 14
949-suitability tests that detect deception and could be 15
950-used in conjunction with traditional background in-16
951-vestigations to evaluate potential applicants or em-17
952-ployees for suitability for employment or continued 18
953-employment, as the case may be. 19
954-‘‘(2) A recommendation regarding whether a test 20
955-referred to in paragraph (1) should be adopted by 21
956-U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the poly-22
957-graph examination requirement is waived pursuant 23
958-to section 3(b). 24
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962-‘‘SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 1
963-‘‘In this Act: 2
964-‘‘(1) F
965-EDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .— 3
966-The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ means a 4
967-‘law enforcement officer’, as such term is defined in 5
968-section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States 6
969-Code. 7
970-‘‘(2) S
971-ERIOUS MILITARY OR CIVIL OFFENSE .— 8
972-The term ‘serious military or civil offense’ means an 9
973-offense for which— 10
974-‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces may be 11
975-discharged or separated from service in the 12
976-Armed Forces; and 13
977-‘‘(B) a punitive discharge is, or would be, 14
978-authorized for the same or a closely related of-15
979-fense under the Manual for Court-Martial, as 16
980-pursuant to Army Regulation 635–200, chapter 17
981-14–12. 18
982-‘‘(3) T
983-IER 4; TIER 5.—The terms ‘Tier 4’ and 19
984-‘Tier 5’, with respect to background investigations, 20
985-have the meaning given such terms under the 2012 21
986-Federal Investigative Standards. 22
987-‘‘(4) V
988-ETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 23
989-meaning given such term in section 101(2) of title 38, 24
990-United States Code.’’. 25
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994-(c) POLYGRAPHEXAMINERS.—Not later than Sep-1
995-tember 30, 2025, the Secretary shall increase to not fewer 2
996-than 150 the number of trained full-time equivalent poly-3
997-graph examiners for administering polygraphs under the 4
998-Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010, as amended by this 5
999-section. 6
1000-SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-7
1001-ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 8
1002-MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP. 9
988+OLYGRAPHEXAMINERS.—Not later than Sep-13
989+tember 30, 2025, the Secretary shall increase to not fewer 14
990+than 150 the number of trained full-time equivalent poly-15
991+graph examiners for administering polygraphs under the 16
992+Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010, as amended by this 17
993+section. 18
994+SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-19
995+ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 20
996+MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP. 21
1003997 (a) I
1004-NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 10
1005-date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in co-11
1006-ordination with the Under Secretary for Management, the 12
1007-Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Chief Financial Offi-13
1008-cer of the Department, shall implement a workload staffing 14
1009-model for each of the following: 15
1010-(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 16
1011-(2) Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 17
998+NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
999+date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 23
1000+coordination with the Under Secretary for Management, 24
1001+the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Chief Financial 25
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1005+Officer of the Department, shall implement a workload 1
1006+staffing model for each of the following: 2
1007+(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 3
1008+(2) Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 4
10121009 (b) R
1013-ESPONSIBILITIES OF THECOMMISSIONER.—Sub-18
1014-section (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 19
1015-2002 (6 U.S.C. 211), is amended— 20
1016-(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 21
1017-as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 22
1018-(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-23
1019-lowing new paragraphs: 24
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1023-‘‘(18) implement a staffing model for the U.S. 1
1024-Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 2
1025-Office of Field Operations that includes consideration 3
1026-for essential frontline operator activities and func-4
1027-tions, variations in operating environments, present 5
1028-and planned infrastructure, present and planned 6
1029-technology, and required operations support levels to 7
1030-enable such entities to manage and assign personnel 8
1031-of such entities to ensure field and support posts pos-9
1032-sess adequate resources to carry out duties specified in 10
1033-this section; 11
1034-‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures for 12
1035-a workforce tracking system within the U.S. Border 13
1036-Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the Office of 14
1037-Field Operations, train the workforce of each of such 15
1038-entities on the use, capabilities, and purpose of such 16
1039-system, and implement internal controls to ensure 17
1040-timely and accurate scheduling and reporting of ac-18
1041-tual completed work hours and activities;’’. 19
1010+ESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER.— 5
1011+Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Security 6
1012+Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211), is amended— 7
1013+(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 8
1014+as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 9
1015+(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-10
1016+lowing new paragraphs: 11
1017+‘‘(18) implement a staffing model for the U.S. 12
1018+Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 13
1019+Office of Field Operations that includes consider-14
1020+ation for essential frontline operator activities and 15
1021+functions, variations in operating environments, 16
1022+present and planned infrastructure, present and 17
1023+planned technology, and required operations support 18
1024+levels to enable such entities to manage and assign 19
1025+personnel of such entities to ensure field and sup-20
1026+port posts possess adequate resources to carry out 21
1027+duties specified in this section; 22
1028+‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 23
1029+for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 24
1030+Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 25
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1034+Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 1
1035+each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 2
1036+purpose of such system, and implement internal con-3
1037+trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 4
1038+reporting of actual completed work hours and activi-5
1039+ties;’’. 6
10421040 (c) R
1043-EPORT.— 20
1041+EPORT.— 7
10441042 (1) I
1045-N GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 21
1046-the date of the enactment of this section with respect 22
1047-to subsection (a) and paragraphs (18) and (19) of sec-23
1048-tion 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as 24
1049-amended by subsection (b)), and annually thereafter 25
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1053-with respect to such paragraphs (18) and (19), the 1
1054-Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-2
1055-sional committees a report that includes a status up-3
1056-date on the following: 4
1057-(A) The implementation of such subsection 5
1058-(a) and such paragraphs (18) and (19). 6
1059-(B) Each relevant workload staffing model. 7
1043+N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 8
1044+after the date of the enactment of this section with 9
1045+respect to subsection (a) and paragraphs (18) and 10
1046+(19) of section 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act 11
1047+of 2002 (as amended by subsection (b)), and annu-12
1048+ally thereafter with respect to such paragraphs (18) 13
1049+and (19), the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
1050+priate congressional committees a report that in-15
1051+cludes a status update on the following: 16
1052+(A) The implementation of such subsection 17
1053+(a) and such paragraphs (18) and (19). 18
1054+(B) Each relevant workload staffing model. 19
10601055 (2) D
1061-ATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY RE -8
1062-QUIRED.—Each report required under paragraph (1) 9
1063-shall include information relating to the data sources 10
1064-and methodology used to generate each relevant staff-11
1065-ing model. 12
1066-(d) I
1067-NSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 90 13
1068-days after the Commissioner develops the workload staffing 14
1069-models pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspector General of 15
1070-the Department shall review such models and provide feed-16
1071-back to the Secretary and the appropriate congressional 17
1072-committees with respect to the degree to which such models 18
1073-are responsive to the recommendations of the Inspector Gen-19
1074-eral, including the following: 20
1075-(1) Recommendations from the Inspector Gen-21
1076-eral’s February 2019 audit. 22
1077-(2) Any further recommendations to improve 23
1078-such models. 24
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1082-(e) APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-1
1083-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-2
1084-sional committees’’ means— 3
1085-(1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 4
1086-House of Representatives; and 5
1087-(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 6
1088-Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 7
1089-SEC. 11. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 8
1056+ATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY RE -20
1057+QUIRED.—Each report required under paragraph (1) 21
1058+shall include information relating to the data sources 22
1059+and methodology used to generate each relevant 23
1060+staffing model. 24
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1064+(d) INSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 1
1065+90 days after the Commissioner develops the workload 2
1066+staffing models pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspector 3
1067+General of the Department shall review such models and 4
1068+provide feedback to the Secretary and the appropriate con-5
1069+gressional committees with respect to the degree to which 6
1070+such models are responsive to the recommendations of the 7
1071+Inspector General, including the following: 8
1072+(1) Recommendations from the Inspector Gen-9
1073+eral’s February 2019 audit. 10
1074+(2) Any further recommendations to improve 11
1075+such models. 12
1076+(e) A
1077+PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-13
1078+FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-14
1079+sional committees’’ means— 15
1080+(1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 16
1081+House of Representatives; and 17
1082+(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 18
1083+Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 19
1084+SEC. 11. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 20
10901085 (a) I
1091-NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Home-9
1092-land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended 10
1093-by adding at the end the following new section: 11
1094-‘‘SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 12
1086+NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 21
1087+Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 22
1088+is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 23
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1092+‘‘SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 1
10951093 ‘‘(a) E
1096-STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-13
1097-partment a program to be known as ‘Operation 14
1098-Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting through the 15
1099-Administrator, shall make grants to eligible law enforce-16
1100-ment agencies, through State administrative agencies, to en-17
1101-hance border security in accordance with this section. 18
1094+STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 2
1095+Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 3
1096+Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting through 4
1097+the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible law en-5
1098+forcement agencies, through State administrative agen-6
1099+cies, to enhance border security in accordance with this 7
1100+section. 8
11021101 ‘‘(b) E
1103-LIGIBLERECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to receive 19
1104-a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 20
1105-shall— 21
1106-‘‘(1) be located in— 22
1107-‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 23
1108-or 24
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1112-‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 1
1113-border; 2
1114-‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. Cus-3
1115-toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 4
1116-through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office; and 5
1117-‘‘(3) have an agreement in place with U.S. Im-6
1118-migration and Customs Enforcement to support en-7
1119-forcement operations. 8
1102+LIGIBLERECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-9
1103+ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 10
1104+shall— 11
1105+‘‘(1) be located in— 12
1106+‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 13
1107+or 14
1108+‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 15
1109+border; 16
1110+‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. 17
1111+Customs and Border Protection operation coordi-18
1112+nated through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office; 19
1113+and 20
1114+‘‘(3) have an agreement in place with U.S. Im-21
1115+migration and Customs Enforcement to support en-22
1116+forcement operations. 23
11201117 ‘‘(c) P
1121-ERMITTEDUSES.—A recipient of a grant under 9
1122-this section may use such grant for costs associated with 10
1123-the following: 11
1124-‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 12
1125-sustainment. 13
1126-‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 14
1127-in support of enhanced border law enforcement activi-15
1128-ties. 16
1129-‘‘(3) Any activity permitted for Operation 17
1130-Stonegarden under the most recent fiscal year Depart-18
1131-ment of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security 19
1132-Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. 20
1118+ERMITTEDUSES.—A recipient of a grant 24
1119+under this section may use such grant for costs associated 25
1120+with the following: 26
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1124+‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 1
1125+sustainment. 2
1126+‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 3
1127+in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-4
1128+tivities. 5
1129+‘‘(3) Any activity permitted for Operation 6
1130+Stonegarden under the most recent fiscal year De-7
1131+partment of Homeland Security’s Homeland Secu-8
1132+rity Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. 9
11331133 ‘‘(d) P
1134-ERIOD OFPERFORMANCE.—The Secretary shall 21
1135-award grants under this section to grant recipients for a 22
1136-period of not fewer than 36 months. 23
1134+ERIOD OFPERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 10
1135+shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 11
1136+for a period of not fewer than 36 months. 12
11371137 ‘‘(e) N
1138-OTIFICATION.—Upon denial of a grant to a law 24
1139-enforcement agency, the Administrator shall provide writ-25
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1143-ten notice to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 1
1144-House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 2
1145-Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, including 3
1146-the reasoning for such denial. 4
1138+OTIFICATION.—Upon denial of a grant to a law 13
1139+enforcement agency, the Administrator shall provide writ-14
1140+ten notice to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 15
1141+House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-16
1142+land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, in-17
1143+cluding the reasoning for such denial. 18
11471144 ‘‘(f) R
1148-EPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2024 through 5
1149-2028 the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 6
1150-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 7
1151-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-8
1152-fairs of the Senate a report that contains— 9
1153-‘‘(1) information on the expenditure of grants 10
1154-made under this section by each grant recipient; and 11
1155-‘‘(2) recommendations for other uses of such 12
1156-grants to further support eligible law enforcement 13
1157-agencies. 14
1145+EPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2024 through 19
1146+2028 the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 20
1147+Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 21
1148+the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 22
1149+Affairs of the Senate a report that contains— 23
1150+‘‘(1) information on the expenditure of grants 24
1151+made under this section by each grant recipient; and 25
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1155+‘‘(2) recommendations for other uses of such 1
1156+grants to further support eligible law enforcement 2
1157+agencies. 3
11581158 ‘‘(g) A
1159-UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 15
1160-authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each of fis-16
1161-cal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under this section.’’. 17
1159+UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4
1160+is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 5
1161+of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under this 6
1162+section.’’. 7
11621163 (b) C
1163-ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of sec-18
1164-tion 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 19
1165-603) is amended to read as follows: 20
1164+ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 8
1165+section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 9
1166+U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 10
11661167 ‘‘(a) G
1167-RANTSAUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 21
1168-the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 22
1169-2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and Tribal govern-23
1170-ments, as appropriate.’’. 24
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1174-(c) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 1
1175-section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 2
1176-amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2009 3
1177-the following new item: 4
1168+RANTSAUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 11
1169+the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 12
1170+2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and Tribal govern-13
1171+ments, as appropriate.’’. 14
1172+(c) C
1173+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 15
1174+in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 16
1175+amended by inserting after the item relating to section 17
1176+2009 the following new item: 18
11781177 ‘‘Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.’’.
11791178 SEC. 12. AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS FLIGHT HOURS.
1180-5
1179+19
11811180 (a) A
1182-IR ANDMARINEOPERATIONSFLIGHTHOURS.— 6
1183-Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 7
1184-Act, the Secretary shall ensure that not fewer than 110,000 8
1185-annual flight hours are carried out by Air and Marine Op-9
1186-erations of CBP. 10
1187-(b) U
1188-NMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.—The Secretary, 11
1189-after coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 12
1190-Aviation Administration, shall ensure that Air and Marine 13
1191-Operations operate unmanned aircraft systems on the 14
1192-southern border of the United States for not less than 24 15
1193-hours per day. 16
1181+IR AND MARINEOPERATIONS FLIGHT 20
1182+H
1183+OURS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-21
1184+ment of this Act, The Secretary shall ensure that not 22
1185+fewer than 110,000 annual flight hours are carried out 23
1186+by Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 24
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1190+(b) UNMANNED AIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.—The Sec-1
1191+retary, after coordination with the Administrator of the 2
1192+Federal Aviation Administration, shall ensure that Air and 3
1193+Marine Operations operate unmanned aircraft systems on 4
1194+the southern border of the United States for not less than 5
1195+24 hours per day. 6
11941196 (c) P
1195-RIMARYMISSIONS.—The Commissioner shall en-17
1196-sure the following: 18
1197-(1) The primary missions for Air and Marine 19
1198-Operations are to directly support the following: 20
1199-(A) U.S. Border Patrol activities along the 21
1200-borders of the United States. 22
1201-(B) Joint Interagency Task Force South 23
1202-and Joint Task Force East operations in the 24
1203-transit zone. 25
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1207-(2) The Executive Assistant Commissioner of Air 1
1208-and Marine Operations assigns the greatest priority 2
1209-to support missions specified in paragraph (1). 3
1197+RIMARYMISSIONS.—The Commissioner shall 7
1198+ensure the following: 8
1199+(1) The primary missions for Air and Marine 9
1200+Operations are to directly support the following: 10
1201+(A) U.S. Border Patrol activities along the 11
1202+borders of the United States. 12
1203+(B) Joint Interagency Task Force South 13
1204+and Joint Task Force East operations in the 14
1205+transit zone. 15
1206+(2) The Executive Assistant Commissioner of 16
1207+Air and Marine Operations assigns the greatest pri-17
1208+ority to support missions specified in paragraph (1). 18
12101209 (d) H
1211-IGHDEMANDFLIGHTHOURREQUIREMENTS.— 4
1212-The Commissioner shall— 5
1213-(1) ensure that U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chiefs 6
1214-identify air support mission-critical hours; and 7
1215-(2) direct Air and Marine Operations to support 8
1216-requests from such Sector Chiefs as a component of 9
1217-the primary mission of Air and Marine Operations 10
1218-in accordance with subsection (c)(1)(A). 11
1210+IGHDEMANDFLIGHTHOURREQUIRE-19
1211+MENTS.—The Commissioner shall— 20
1212+(1) ensure that U.S. Border Patrol Sector 21
1213+Chiefs identify air support mission-critical hours; 22
1214+and 23
1215+(2) direct Air and Marine Operations to sup-24
1216+port requests from such Sector Chiefs as a compo-25
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1220+nent of the primary mission of Air and Marine Op-1
1221+erations in accordance with subsection (c)(1)(A). 2
12191222 (e) C
1220-ONTRACTAIRSUPPORTAUTHORIZATIONS.—The 12
1221-Commissioner shall contract for air support mission-crit-13
1222-ical hours to meet the requests for such hours, as identified 14
1223-pursuant to subsection (d). 15
1223+ONTRACTAIRSUPPORTAUTHORIZATIONS.— 3
1224+The Commissioner shall contract for air support mission- 4
1225+critical hours to meet the requests for such hours, as iden-5
1226+tified pursuant to subsection (d). 6
12241227 (f) S
1225-MALLUNMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.— 16
1228+MALLUNMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.— 7
12261229 (1) I
1227-N GENERAL.—The Chief of the U.S. Border 17
1228-Patrol shall be the executive agent with respect to the 18
1229-use of small unmanned aircraft by CBP for the pur-19
1230-poses of the following: 20
1231-(A) Meeting the unmet flight hour oper-21
1232-ational requirements of the U.S. Border Patrol. 22
1233-(B) Achieving situational awareness and 23
1234-operational control of the borders of the United 24
1235-States. 25
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1239-(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out paragraph 1
1240-(1), the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol shall coordi-2
1241-nate— 3
1242-(A) flight operations with the Administrator 4
1243-of the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure 5
1244-the safe and efficient operation of the national 6
1245-airspace system; and 7
1246-(B) with the Executive Assistant Commis-8
1247-sioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP 9
1248-to— 10
1249-(i) ensure the safety of other CBP air-11
1250-craft flying in the vicinity of small un-12
1251-manned aircraft operated by the U.S. Bor-13
1252-der Patrol; and 14
1253-(ii) establish a process to include data 15
1254-from flight hours in the calculation of got 16
1255-away statistics. 17
1230+N GENERAL.—The Chief of the U.S. Bor-8
1231+der Patrol shall be the executive agent with respect 9
1232+to the use of small unmanned aircraft by CBP for 10
1233+the purposes of the following: 11
1234+(A) Meeting the unmet flight hour oper-12
1235+ational requirements of the U.S. Border Patrol. 13
1236+(B) Achieving situational awareness and 14
1237+operational control of the borders of the United 15
1238+States. 16
1239+(2) C
1240+OORDINATION.—In carrying out para-17
1241+graph (1), the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol shall 18
1242+coordinate— 19
1243+(A) flight operations with the Adminis-20
1244+trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 21
1245+ensure the safe and efficient operation of the 22
1246+national airspace system; and 23
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1250+(B) with the Executive Assistant Commis-1
1251+sioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP 2
1252+to— 3
1253+(i) ensure the safety of other CBP 4
1254+aircraft flying in the vicinity of small un-5
1255+manned aircraft operated by the U.S. Bor-6
1256+der Patrol; and 7
1257+(ii) establish a process to include data 8
1258+from flight hours in the calculation of got 9
1259+away statistics. 10
12561260 (3) C
1257-ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Paragraph (3) 18
1258-of section 411(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 19
1259-2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(e)) is amended— 20
1260-(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 21
1261-after the semicolon at the end; 22
1262-(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 23
1263-subparagraph (D); and 24
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1267-(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 1
1268-following new subparagraph: 2
1269-‘‘(C) carry out the small unmanned aircraft 3
1270-(as such term is defined in section 44801 of title 4
1271-49, United States Code) requirements pursuant 5
1272-to subsection (f) of section 12 of the Border Rein-6
1273-forcement Act of 2023; and’’. 7
1274-(g) S
1275-AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may be 8
1276-construed as conferring, transferring, or delegating to the 9
1277-Secretary, the Commissioner, the Executive Assistant Com-10
1278-missioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP, or the 11
1279-Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol any authority of the Sec-12
1280-retary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Fed-13
1281-eral Aviation Administration relating to the use of airspace 14
1282-or aviation safety. 15
1261+ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Paragraph (3) 11
1262+of section 411(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 12
1263+2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(e)) is amended— 13
1264+(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 14
1265+‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 15
1266+(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 16
1267+subparagraph (D); and 17
1268+(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 18
1269+the following new subparagraph: 19
1270+‘‘(C) carry out the small unmanned air-20
1271+craft (as such term is defined in section 44801 21
1272+of title 49, United States Code) requirements 22
1273+pursuant to subsection (f) of section 12 of the 23
1274+Border Reinforcement Act of 2023; and’’. 24
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1278+(g) SAVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 1
1279+be construed as conferring, transferring, or delegating to 2
1280+the Secretary, the Commissioner, the Executive Assistant 3
1281+Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP, or 4
1282+the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol any authority of the 5
1283+Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the 6
1284+Federal Aviation Administration relating to the use of air-7
1285+space or aviation safety. 8
12831286 (h) D
1284-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
1287+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
12851288 (1) G
1286-OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 17
1287-meaning given such term in section 1092(a)(3) of the 18
1288-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 19
1289-2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(3)). 20
1289+OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 10
1290+meaning given such term in section 1092(a)(3) of 11
1291+the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 12
1292+Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 13
1293+223(a)(3)). 14
12901294 (2) T
1291-RANSIT ZONE.—The term ‘‘transit zone’’ 21
1292-has the meaning given such term in section 22
1293-1092(a)(8) of the National Defense Authorization Act 23
1294-for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 24
1295-223(a)(8)). 25
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1299-SEC. 13. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT CEDAR. 1
1295+RANSIT ZONE.—The term ‘‘transit zone’’ 15
1296+has the meaning given such term in section 16
1297+1092(a)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 17
1298+Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 18
1299+U.S.C. 223(a)(8)). 19
1300+SEC. 13. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT 20
1301+CEDAR. 21
13001302 (a) I
1301-NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 2
1302-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina-3
1303-tion with the heads of relevant Federal, State, and local 4
1304-agencies, shall hire contractors to begin eradicating the 5
1305-carrizo cane plant and any salt cedar along the Rio Grande 6
1306-River that impedes border security operations. Such eradi-7
1307-cation shall be completed— 8
1308-(1) by not later than September 30, 2027, except 9
1309-for required maintenance; and 10
1310-(2) in the most expeditious and cost-effective 11
1311-manner possible to maintain clear fields of view. 12
1303+NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22
1304+date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi-23
1305+nation with the heads of relevant Federal, State, and local 24
1306+agencies, shall hire contractors to begin eradicating the 25
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1310+carrizo cane plant and any salt cedar along the Rio 1
1311+Grande River that impedes border security operations. 2
1312+Such eradication shall be completed— 3
1313+(1) by not later than September 30, 2027, ex-4
1314+cept for required maintenance; and 5
1315+(2) in the most expeditious and cost-effective 6
1316+manner possible to maintain clear fields of view. 7
13121317 (b) A
1313-PPLICATION.—The waiver authority under sub-13
1314-section (c) of section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 14
1315-and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 15
1316-note), as amended by section 4 of this Act, shall apply to 16
1317-activities carried out pursuant to subsection (a). 17
1318+PPLICATION.—The waiver authority under sub-8
1319+section (c) of section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Re-9
1320+form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 10
1321+1103 note), as amended by section 4 of this Act, shall 11
1322+apply to activities carried out pursuant to subsection (a). 12
13181323 (c) R
1319-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 18
1320-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 19
1321-the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-20
1322-resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 21
1323-Governmental Affairs of the Senate a strategic plan to 22
1324-eradicate all carrizo cane plant and salt cedar along the 23
1325-Rio Grande River that impedes border security operations 24
1326-by not later than September 30, 2027. 25
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1330-(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
1331-authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of fiscal 2
1332-years 2024 through 2028 to the Secretary to carry out this 3
1333-subsection. 4
1334-SEC. 14. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 5
1324+EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 13
1325+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 14
1326+to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 15
1327+Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 16
1328+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a strategic plan 17
1329+to eradicate all carrizo cane plant and salt cedar along 18
1330+the Rio Grande River that impedes border security oper-19
1331+ations by not later than September 30, 2027. 20
1332+(d) A
1333+UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 21
1334+authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of fis-22
1335+cal years 2024 through 2028 to the Secretary to carry 23
1336+out this subsection. 24
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1340+SEC. 14. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 1
13351341 (a) I
1336-NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 6
1337-date of the enactment of this section and biennially there-7
1338-after, the Commissioner, acting through the Chief of the 8
1339-U.S. Border Patrol, shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic 9
1340-Plan (referred to in this section as the ‘‘plan’’) to enhance 10
1341-the security of the international borders of the United 11
1342-States. 12
1342+NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 2
1343+date of the enactment of this section and biennially there-3
1344+after, the Commissioner, acting through the Chief of the 4
1345+U.S. Border Patrol, shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic 5
1346+Plan (referred to in this section as the ‘‘plan’’) to enhance 6
1347+the security of the international borders of the United 7
1348+States. 8
13431349 (b) E
1344-LEMENTS.—The plan shall include the following: 13
1345-(1) A consideration of Border Patrol Capability 14
1346-Gap Analysis reporting, Border Security Improve-15
1347-ment Plans, and any other strategic document au-16
1348-thored by the U.S. Border Patrol to address security 17
1349-gaps between ports of entry, including efforts to miti-18
1350-gate threats identified in such analyses, plans, and 19
1350+LEMENTS.—The plan shall include the fol-9
1351+lowing: 10
1352+(1) A consideration of Border Patrol Capability 11
1353+Gap Analysis reporting, Border Security Improve-12
1354+ment Plans, and any other strategic document au-13
1355+thored by the U.S. Border Patrol to address security 14
1356+gaps between ports of entry, including efforts to 15
1357+mitigate threats identified in such analyses, plans, 16
1358+and documents. 17
1359+(2) Information relating to the dissemination of 18
1360+information relating to border security or border 19
1361+threats with respect to the efforts of the Department 20
1362+and other appropriate Federal agencies. 21
1363+(3) Information relating to efforts by U.S. Bor-22
1364+der Patrol to— 23
1365+(A) increase situational awareness, includ-24
1366+ing— 25
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1370+(i) surveillance capabilities, such as 1
1371+capabilities developed or utilized by the 2
1372+Department of Defense, and any appro-3
1373+priate technology determined to be excess 4
1374+by the Department of Defense; and 5
1375+(ii) the use of manned aircraft and 6
1376+unmanned aircraft; 7
1377+(B) detect and prevent terrorists and in-8
1378+struments of terrorism from entering the 9
1379+United States; 10
1380+(C) detect, interdict, and disrupt between 11
1381+ports of entry aliens unlawfully present in the 12
1382+United States; 13
1383+(D) detect, interdict, and disrupt human 14
1384+smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking, 15
1385+and other illicit cross-border activity; 16
1386+(E) focus intelligence collection to disrupt 17
1387+transnational criminal organizations outside of 18
1388+the international and maritime borders of the 19
1389+United States; and 20
1390+(F) ensure that any new border security 21
1391+technology can be operationally integrated with 22
1392+existing technologies in use by the Department. 23
1393+(4) Information relating to initiatives of the De-24
1394+partment with respect to operational coordination, 25
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1398+including any relevant task forces of the Depart-1
1399+ment. 2
1400+(5) Information gathered from the lessons 3
1401+learned by the deployments of the National Guard to 4
1402+the southern border of the United States. 5
1403+(6) A description of cooperative agreements re-6
1404+lating to information sharing with State, local, Trib-7
1405+al, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement 8
1406+agencies that have jurisdiction on the borders of the 9
1407+United States. 10
1408+(7) Information relating to border security in-11
1409+formation received from the following: 12
1410+(A) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 13
1411+other Federal law enforcement agencies that 14
1412+have jurisdiction on the borders of the United 15
1413+States or in the maritime environment. 16
1414+(B) Border community stakeholders, in-17
1415+cluding representatives from the following: 18
1416+(i) Border agricultural and ranching 19
1417+organizations. 20
1418+(ii) Business and civic organizations. 21
1419+(iii) Hospitals and rural clinics within 22
1420+150 miles of the borders of the United 23
1421+States. 24
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1425+(iv) Victims of crime committed by 1
1426+aliens unlawfully present in the United 2
1427+States. 3
1428+(v) Victims impacted by drugs, 4
1429+transnational criminal organizations, car-5
1430+tels, gangs, or other criminal activity. 6
1431+(vi) Farmers, ranchers, and property 7
1432+owners along the border. 8
1433+(vii) Other individuals negatively im-9
1434+pacted by illegal immigration. 10
1435+(8) Information relating to the staffing require-11
1436+ments with respect to border security for the De-12
1437+partment. 13
1438+(9) A prioritized list of Department research 14
1439+and development objectives to enhance the security 15
1440+of the borders of the United States. 16
1441+(10) An assessment of training programs, in-17
1442+cluding such programs relating to the following: 18
1443+(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 19
13511444 documents. 20
1352-(2) Information relating to the dissemination of 21
1353-information relating to border security or border 22
1354-threats with respect to the efforts of the Department 23
1355-and other appropriate Federal agencies. 24
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1359-(3) Information relating to efforts by U.S. Bor-1
1360-der Patrol to— 2
1361-(A) increase situational awareness, includ-3
1362-ing— 4
1363-(i) surveillance capabilities, such as 5
1364-capabilities developed or utilized by the De-6
1365-partment of Defense, and any appropriate 7
1366-technology determined to be excess by the 8
1367-Department of Defense; and 9
1368-(ii) the use of manned aircraft and un-10
1369-manned aircraft; 11
1370-(B) detect and prevent terrorists and in-12
1371-struments of terrorism from entering the United 13
1372-States; 14
1373-(C) detect, interdict, and disrupt between 15
1374-ports of entry aliens unlawfully present in the 16
1375-United States; 17
1376-(D) detect, interdict, and disrupt human 18
1377-smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking, 19
1378-and other illicit cross-border activity; 20
1379-(E) focus intelligence collection to disrupt 21
1380-transnational criminal organizations outside of 22
1381-the international and maritime borders of the 23
1382-United States; and 24
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1386-(F) ensure that any new border security 1
1387-technology can be operationally integrated with 2
1388-existing technologies in use by the Department. 3
1389-(4) Information relating to initiatives of the De-4
1390-partment with respect to operational coordination, 5
1391-including any relevant task forces of the Department. 6
1392-(5) Information gathered from the lessons 7
1393-learned by the deployments of the National Guard to 8
1394-the southern border of the United States. 9
1395-(6) A description of cooperative agreements relat-10
1396-ing to information sharing with State, local, Tribal, 11
1397-territorial, and other Federal law enforcement agen-12
1398-cies that have jurisdiction on the borders of the 13
1399-United States. 14
1400-(7) Information relating to border security infor-15
1401-mation received from the following: 16
1402-(A) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 17
1403-other Federal law enforcement agencies that have 18
1404-jurisdiction on the borders of the United States 19
1405-or in the maritime environment. 20
1406-(B) Border community stakeholders, includ-21
1407-ing representatives from the following: 22
1408-(i) Border agricultural and ranching 23
1409-organizations. 24
1410-(ii) Business and civic organizations. 25
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1414-(iii) Hospitals and rural clinics within 1
1415-150 miles of the borders of the United 2
1416-States. 3
1417-(iv) Victims of crime committed by 4
1418-aliens unlawfully present in the United 5
1419-States. 6
1420-(v) Victims impacted by drugs, 7
1421-transnational criminal organizations, car-8
1422-tels, gangs, or other criminal activity. 9
1423-(vi) Farmers, ranchers, and property 10
1424-owners along the border. 11
1425-(vii) Other individuals negatively im-12
1426-pacted by illegal immigration. 13
1427-(8) Information relating to the staffing require-14
1428-ments with respect to border security for the Depart-15
1429-ment. 16
1430-(9) A prioritized list of Department research and 17
1431-development objectives to enhance the security of the 18
1432-borders of the United States. 19
1433-(10) An assessment of training programs, in-20
1434-cluding such programs relating to the following: 21
1435-(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 22
1436-documents. 23
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1440-(B) Understanding the scope of CBP en-1
1441-forcement authorities and appropriate use of 2
1442-force policies. 3
1443-(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 4
1444-vulnerable populations, such as children and vic-5
1445-tims of human trafficking. 6
1446-SEC. 15. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SPIR-7
1447-ITUAL READINESS. 8
1448-Not later than one year after the enactment of this Act 9
1449-and annually thereafter for five years, the Commissioner 10
1450-shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 11
1451-House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 12
1452-Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 13
1453-on the availability and usage of the assistance of chaplains, 14
1454-prayer groups, houses of worship, and other spiritual re-15
1455-sources for members of CBP who identify as religiously-af-16
1456-filiated and have attempted suicide, have suicidal ideation, 17
1457-or are at risk of suicide, and metrics on the impact such 18
1458-resources have in assisting religiously-affiliated members 19
1459-who have access to and utilize such resources compared to 20
1460-religiously-affiliated members who do not. 21
1461-SEC. 16. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDING. 22
1445+(B) Understanding the scope of CBP en-21
1446+forcement authorities and appropriate use of 22
1447+force policies. 23
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1451+(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 1
1452+vulnerable populations, such as children and 2
1453+victims of human trafficking. 3
1454+SEC. 15. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SPIR-4
1455+ITUAL READINESS. 5
1456+Not later than one year after the enactment of this 6
1457+Act and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall sub-7
1458+mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 8
1459+of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-9
1460+rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 10
1461+the availability and usage of the assistance of chaplains, 11
1462+prayer groups, houses of worship, and other spiritual re-12
1463+sources for members of CBP who identify as religiously 13
1464+affiliated and have attempted suicide, have suicidal idea-14
1465+tion, or are at risk of suicide, and metrics on the impact 15
1466+such resources have in assisting religiously affiliated mem-16
1467+bers who have access to and utilize such resources com-17
1468+pared to religiously affiliated members who do not. 18
1469+SEC. 16. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDING. 19
14621470 (a) A
1463-RRIVINGALIENS.—No funds are authorized to be 23
1464-appropriated to the Department to process the entry into 24
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1468-the United States of aliens arriving in between ports of 1
1469-entry. 2
1471+RRIVINGALIENS.—No funds are authorized to 20
1472+be appropriated to the Department to process the entry 21
1473+into the United States of aliens arriving in between ports 22
1474+of entry. 23
14701475 (b) R
1471-ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-3
1472-TIONSUPPORT FORUNLAWFULACTIVITY.—No funds are 4
1473-authorized to be appropriated to the Department for dis-5
1474-bursement to any nongovernmental organization that facili-6
1475-tates or encourages unlawful activity, including unlawful 7
1476-entry, human trafficking, human smuggling, drug traf-8
1477-ficking, and drug smuggling. 9
1476+ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-24
1477+ZATIONSUPPORT FORUNLAWFULACTIVITY.—No funds 25
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1481+are authorized to be appropriated to the Department for 1
1482+disbursement to any nongovernmental organization that 2
1483+facilitates or encourages unlawful activity, including un-3
1484+lawful entry, human trafficking, human smuggling, drug 4
1485+trafficking, and drug smuggling. 5
14781486 (c) R
1479-ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-10
1480-TIONFACILITATION OFILLEGALIMMIGRATION.—No funds 11
1481-are authorized to be appropriated to the Department for 12
1482-disbursement to any nongovernmental organization to pro-13
1483-vide, or facilitate the provision of, transportation, lodging, 14
1484-or immigration legal services to inadmissible aliens who 15
1485-enter the United States after the date of the enactment of 16
1486-this Act. 17
1487-SEC. 17. COLLECTION OF DNA AND BIOMETRIC INFORMA-18
1488-TION AT THE BORDER. 19
1489-Not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment 20
1490-of this Act, the Secretary shall ensure and certify to the 21
1491-Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-22
1492-resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 23
1493-Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP is fully com-24
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1497-pliant with Federal DNA and biometric collection require-1
1498-ments at United States land borders. 2
1499-SEC. 18. ERADICATION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND FORMU-3
1500-LATING EFFECTIVE NEW TOOLS TO ADDRESS 4
1501-YEARLY LOSSES OF LIFE; ENSURING TIMELY 5
1502-UPDATES TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 6
1503-PROTECTION FIELD MANUALS. 7
1487+ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-6
1488+ZATIONSUPPORT FORALIENS.—No funds are authorized 7
1489+to be appropriated to the Department for disbursement 8
1490+to any nongovernmental organization that provides serv-9
1491+ices for aliens who are entering or have entered the United 10
1492+States, whether at or between ports of entry. 11
1493+SEC. 17. COLLECTION OF DNA AND BIOMETRIC INFORMA-12
1494+TION AT THE BORDER. 13
1495+Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact-14
1496+ment of this Act, the Secretary shall ensure and certify 15
1497+to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 16
1498+Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 17
1499+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP is fully 18
1500+compliant with Federal DNA and biometric collection re-19
1501+quirements at United States land borders. 20
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1505+SEC. 18. ERADICATION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND FORMU-1
1506+LATING EFFECTIVE NEW TOOLS TO ADDRESS 2
1507+YEARLY LOSSES OF LIFE; ENSURING TIMELY 3
1508+UPDATES TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 4
1509+PROTECTION FIELD MANUALS. 5
15041510 (a) I
1505-NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 8
1506-date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 9
1507-than triennially thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-10
1508-toms and Border Protection shall review and update, as 11
1509-necessary, the current policies and manuals of the Office 12
1510-of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of entry, 13
1511-and the U.S. Border Patrol related to inspections between 14
1512-ports of entry, to ensure the uniform implementation of in-15
1513-spection practices that will effectively respond to techno-16
1514-logical and methodological changes designed to disguise un-17
1515-lawful activity, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans, 18
1516-along the border. 19
1511+NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 6
1512+date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 7
1513+than triennially thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-8
1514+toms and Border Protection shall review and update, as 9
1515+necessary, the current policies and manuals of the Office 10
1516+of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of 11
1517+entry, and the U.S. Border Patrol related to inspections 12
1518+between ports of entry, to ensure the uniform implementa-13
1519+tion of inspection practices that will effectively respond to 14
1520+technological and methodological changes designed to dis-15
1521+guise unlawful activity, such as the smuggling of drugs 16
1522+and humans, along the border. 17
15171523 (b) R
1518-EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 20
1519-days after each update required under subsection (a), the 21
1520-Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 22
1521-submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 23
1522-Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 24
1523-and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-25
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1527-mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 1
1528-Senate a report that summarizes any policy and manual 2
1529-changes pursuant to subsection (a). 3
1530-SEC. 19. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-4
1531-TECTION OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS. 5
1524+EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 18
1525+days after each update required under subsection (a), the 19
1526+Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 20
1527+shall submit the Committee on Homeland Security and the 21
1528+Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-22
1529+tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-23
1530+ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 24
1531+the Senate a report that summarizes any policy and man-25
1532+ual changes pursuant to subsection (a). 26
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1536+SEC. 19. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-1
1537+TECTION OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS. 2
15321538 (a) I
1533-NGENERAL.—Not later than the seventh day of 6
1534-each month beginning with the second full month after the 7
1535-date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. 8
1536-Customs and Border Protection shall publish on a publicly 9
1537-available website of the Department of Homeland Security 10
1538-information relating to the total number of alien encounters 11
1539-and nationalities, unique alien encounters and nationali-12
1540-ties, gang affiliated apprehensions and nationalities, drug 13
1541-seizures, alien encounters included in the terrorist screening 14
1542-database and nationalities, arrests of criminal aliens or in-15
1543-dividuals wanted by law enforcement and nationalities, 16
1544-known got aways, encounters with deceased aliens, and all 17
1545-other related or associated statistics recorded by U.S. Cus-18
1546-toms and Border Protection during the immediately pre-19
1547-ceding month. Each such publication shall include the fol-20
1548-lowing: 21
1549-(1) The aggregate such number, and such num-22
1550-ber disaggregated by geographic regions, of such re-23
1551-cordings and encounters, including specifications re-24
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1555-lating to whether such recordings and encounters were 1
1556-at the southwest, northern, or maritime border. 2
1557-(2) An identification of the Office of Field Oper-3
1558-ations field office, U.S. Border Patrol sector, or Air 4
1559-and Marine Operations branch making each record-5
1560-ing or encounter. 6
1561-(3) Information relating to whether each record-7
1562-ing or encounter of an alien was of a single adult, an 8
1563-unaccompanied alien child, or an individual in a 9
1564-family unit. 10
1565-(4) Information relating to the processing dis-11
1566-position of each alien recording or encounter. 12
1567-(5) Information relating to the nationality of 13
1568-each alien who is the subject of each recording or en-14
1569-counter. 15
1570-(6) The total number of individuals included in 16
1571-the terrorist screening database (as such term is de-17
1572-fined in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act 18
1573-of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621)) who have repeatedly at-19
1574-tempted to cross unlawfully into the United States. 20
1575-(7) The total number of individuals included in 21
1576-the terrorist screening database who have been appre-22
1577-hended, including information relating to whether 23
1578-such individuals were released into the United States 24
1579-or removed. 25
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1583-(b) EXCEPTIONS.—If the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-1
1584-toms and Border Protection in any month does not publish 2
1585-the information required under subsection (a), or does not 3
1586-publish such information by the date specified in such sub-4
1587-section, the Commissioner shall brief the Committee on 5
1588-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 6
1589-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-7
1590-fairs of the Senate regarding the reason relating thereto, 8
1591-as the case may be, by not later than the date that is two 9
1592-business days after the tenth day of such month. 10
1539+NGENERAL.—Not later than the seventh day of 3
1540+each month beginning with the second full month after 4
1541+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 5
1542+of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall publish on 6
1543+a publicly available website of the Department of Home-7
1544+land Security information relating to the total number of 8
1545+alien encounters and nationalities, unique alien encounters 9
1546+and nationalities, gang affiliated apprehensions and na-10
1547+tionalities, drug seizures, alien encounters included in the 11
1548+terrorist screening database and nationalities, arrests of 12
1549+criminal aliens or individuals wanted by law enforcement 13
1550+and nationalities, known got aways, encounters with de-14
1551+ceased aliens, and all other related or associated statistics 15
1552+recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during 16
1553+the immediately preceding month. Each such publication 17
1554+shall include the following: 18
1555+(1) The aggregate such number, and such num-19
1556+ber disaggregated by geographic regions, of such re-20
1557+cordings and encounters, including specifications re-21
1558+lating to whether such recordings and encounters 22
1559+were at the southwest, northern, or maritime border. 23
1560+(2) An identification of the Office of Field Op-24
1561+erations field office, U.S. Border Patrol sector, or 25
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1565+Air and Marine Operations branch making each re-1
1566+cording or encounter. 2
1567+(3) Information relating to whether each re-3
1568+cording or encounter of an alien was of a single 4
1569+adult, an unaccompanied alien child, or an individual 5
1570+in a family unit. 6
1571+(4) Information relating to the processing dis-7
1572+position of each alien recording or encounter. 8
1573+(5) Information relating to the nationality of 9
1574+each alien who is the subject of each recording or 10
1575+encounter. 11
1576+(6) The total number of individuals included in 12
1577+the terrorist screening database (as such term is de-13
1578+fined in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act 14
1579+of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621)) who have repeatedly at-15
1580+tempted to cross unlawfully into the United States. 16
1581+(7) The total number of individuals included in 17
1582+the terrorist screening database who have been ap-18
1583+prehended, including information relating to whether 19
1584+such individuals were released into the United States 20
1585+or removed. 21
1586+(b) E
1587+XCEPTIONS.—If the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-22
1588+toms and Border Protection in any month does not publish 23
1589+the information required under subsection (a), or does not 24
1590+publish such information by the date specified in such sub-25
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1594+section, the Commissioner shall brief the Committee on 1
1595+Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 2
1596+the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 3
1597+Affairs of the Senate regarding the reason relating there-4
1598+to, as the case may be, by not later than the date that 5
1599+is two business days after the tenth day of such month. 6
15931600 (c) D
1594-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
1601+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
15951602 (1) A
1596-LIEN ENCOUNTERS.—The term ‘‘alien en-12
1597-counters’’ means aliens apprehended, determined in-13
1598-admissible, or processed for removal by U.S. Customs 14
1599-and Border Protection. 15
1603+LIEN ENCOUNTERS.—The term ‘‘alien en-8
1604+counters’’ means aliens apprehended, determined in-9
1605+admissible, or processed for removal by U.S. Cus-10
1606+toms and Border Protection. 11
16001607 (2) G
1601-OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 16
1602-meaning given such term in section 1092(a) of the 17
1603-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 18
1604-2017 (6 U.S.C. 223(a)). 19
1608+OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 12
1609+meaning given such term in section 1092(a) of the 13
1610+National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 14
1611+2017 (6 U.S.C. 223(a)). 15
16051612 (3) T
1606-ERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE .—The 20
1607-term ‘‘terrorist screening database’’ has the meaning 21
1608-given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland Se-22
1609-curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621). 23
1613+ERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE .—The 16
1614+term ‘‘terrorist screening database’’ has the meaning 17
1615+given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland 18
1616+Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621). 19
16101617 (4) U
1611-NACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD .—The term 24
1612-‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has the meaning given 25
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1616-such term in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security 1
1617-Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)). 2
1618-SEC. 20. ALIEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 3
1618+NACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD .—The term 20
1619+‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has the meaning given 21
1620+such term in section 462(g) of the Homeland Secu-22
1621+rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)). 23
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1625+SEC. 20. ALIEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 1
16191626 (a) I
1620-NGENERAL.—Not later than seven days after the 4
1621-date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall 5
1622-certify to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 6
1623-Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 7
1624-and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-8
1625-mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 9
1626-Senate that CBP has real-time access to the criminal his-10
1627-tory databases of all countries of origin and transit for 11
1628-aliens encountered by CBP to perform criminal history 12
1629-background checks for such aliens. 13
1627+NGENERAL.—Not later than seven days after 2
1628+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 3
1629+shall certify to the Committee on Homeland Security and 4
1630+the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-5
1631+resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 6
1632+and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judi-7
1633+ciary of the Senate that CBP has real-time access to the 8
1634+criminal history databases of all countries of origin and 9
1635+transit for aliens encountered by CBP to perform criminal 10
1636+history background checks for such aliens. 11
16301637 (b) S
1631-TANDARDS.—The certification required under 14
1632-subsection (a) shall also include a determination whether 15
1633-the criminal history databases of a country are accurate, 16
1634-up to date, digitized, searchable, and otherwise meet the 17
1635-standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for crimi-18
1636-nal history databases maintained by State and local gov-19
1637-ernments. 20
1638+TANDARDS.—The certification required under 12
1639+subsection (a) shall also include a determination whether 13
1640+the criminal history databases of a country are accurate, 14
1641+up to date, digitized, searchable, and otherwise meet the 15
1642+standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 16
1643+criminal history databases maintained by State and local 17
1644+governments. 18
16381645 (c) C
1639-ERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall annually 21
1640-submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 22
1641-Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 23
1642-and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-24
1643-mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 25
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1647-Senate a certification that each database referred to in sub-1
1648-section (b) which the Secretary accessed or sought to access 2
1649-pursuant to this section met the standards described in sub-3
1650-section (b). 4
1651-SEC. 21. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT AIR-5
1652-PORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS; NOTIFICA-6
1653-TION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES. 7
1646+ERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall annually 19
1647+submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 20
1648+Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-21
1649+tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-22
1650+ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 23
1651+the Senate a certification that each database referred to 24
1652+in subsection (b) which the Secretary accessed or sought 25
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1656+to access pursuant to this section met the standards de-1
1657+scribed in subsection (b). 2
1658+SEC. 21. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT 3
1659+AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS; NOTIFI-4
1660+CATION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES. 5
16541661 (a) I
1655-NGENERAL.—The Administrator may not accept 8
1656-as valid proof of identification a prohibited identification 9
1657-document at an airport security checkpoint. 10
1662+NGENERAL.—The Administrator may not ac-6
1663+cept as valid proof of identification a prohibited identifica-7
1664+tion document at an airport security checkpoint. 8
16581665 (b) N
1659-OTIFICATION TOIMMIGRATIONAGENCIES.—If an 11
1660-individual presents a prohibited identification document to 12
1661-an officer of the Transportation Security Administration 13
1662-at an airport security checkpoint, the Administrator shall 14
1663-promptly notify the Director of U.S. Immigration and Cus-15
1664-toms Enforcement, the Director of U.S. Customs and Border 16
1665-Protection, and the head of the appropriate local law en-17
1666-forcement agency to determine whether the individual is in 18
1667-violation of any term of release from the custody of any 19
1668-such agency. 20
1666+OTIFICATION TOIMMIGRATIONAGENCIES.—If 9
1667+an individual presents a prohibited identification docu-10
1668+ment to an officer of the Transportation Security Admin-11
1669+istration at an airport security checkpoint, the Adminis-12
1670+trator shall promptly notify the Director of U.S. Immigra-13
1671+tion and Customs Enforcement, the Director of U.S. Cus-14
1672+toms and Border Protection, and the head of the appro-15
1673+priate local law enforcement agency to determine whether 16
1674+the individual is in violation of any term of release from 17
1675+the custody of any such agency. 18
16691676 (c) E
1670-NTRYINTOSTERILEAREAS.— 21
1677+NTRYINTOSTERILEAREAS.— 19
16711678 (1) I
1672-N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-22
1673-graph (2), if an individual is found to be in violation 23
1674-of any term of release under subsection (b), the Ad-24
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1678-ministrator may not permit such individual to enter 1
1679-a sterile area. 2
1680-(2) E
1681-XCEPTION.—An individual presenting a 3
1682-prohibited identification document under this section 4
1683-may enter a sterile area if the individual— 5
1684-(A) is leaving the United States for the pur-6
1685-poses of removal or deportation; or 7
1686-(B) presents a covered identification docu-8
1687-ment. 9
1679+N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
1680+graph (2), if an individual is found to be in violation 21
1681+of any term of release under subsection (b), the Ad-22
1682+ministrator may not permit such individual to enter 23
1683+a sterile area. 24
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1687+(2) EXCEPTION.—An individual presenting a 1
1688+prohibited identification document under this section 2
1689+may enter a sterile area if the individual— 3
1690+(A) is leaving the United States for the 4
1691+purposes of removal or deportation; or 5
1692+(B) presents a covered identification docu-6
1693+ment. 7
16881694 (d) C
1689-OLLECTION OFBIOMETRICINFORMATIONFROM 10
1695+OLLECTION OFBIOMETRICINFORMATIONFROM 8
16901696 C
1691-ERTAININDIVIDUALSSEEKINGENTRYINTO THESTERILE 11
1692-A
1693-REA OF ANAIRPORT.—Beginning not later than 120 days 12
1694-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-13
1695-trator shall collect biometric information from an indi-14
1696-vidual described in subsection (e) prior to authorizing such 15
1697-individual to enter into a sterile area. 16
1697+ERTAININDIVIDUALSSEEKINGENTRYINTO THESTER-9
1698+ILEAREA OF ANAIRPORT.—Beginning not later than 120 10
1699+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-11
1700+ministrator shall collect biometric information from an in-12
1701+dividual described in subsection (e) prior to authorizing 13
1702+such individual to enter into a sterile area. 14
16981703 (e) I
1699-NDIVIDUALDESCRIBED.—An individual described 17
1700-in this subsection is an individual who— 18
1701-(1) is seeking entry into the sterile area of an 19
1702-airport; 20
1703-(2) does not present a covered identification doc-21
1704-ument; and 22
1705-(3) the Administrator cannot verify is a national 23
1706-of the United States. 24
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1710-(f) PARTICIPATION INIDENT.—Beginning not later 1
1711-than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2
1712-the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary, shall 3
1713-submit biometric data collected under this section to the 4
1714-Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT). 5
1704+NDIVIDUALDESCRIBED.—An individual de-15
1705+scribed in this subsection is an individual who— 16
1706+(1) is seeking entry into the sterile area of an 17
1707+airport; 18
1708+(2) does not present a covered identification 19
1709+document; and 20
1710+(3) the Administrator cannot verify is a na-21
1711+tional of the United States. 22
1712+(f) P
1713+ARTICIPATION INIDENT.—Beginning not later 23
1714+than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 24
1715+the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary, 25
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1719+shall submit biometric data collected under this section to 1
1720+the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT). 2
17151721 (g) D
1716-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1722+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
17171723 (1) A
1718-DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-7
1719-trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-8
1720-tation Security Administration. 9
1724+DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-4
1725+trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-5
1726+tation Security Administration. 6
17211727 (2) B
1722-IOMETRIC INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘bio-10
1723-metric information’’ means any of the following: 11
1724-(A) A fingerprint. 12
1725-(B) A palm print. 13
1726-(C) A photograph, including— 14
1727-(i) a photograph of an individual’s 15
1728-face for use with facial recognition tech-16
1729-nology; and 17
1730-(ii) a photograph of any physical or 18
1731-anatomical feature, such as a scar, skin 19
1732-mark, or tattoo. 20
1733-(D) A signature. 21
1734-(E) A voice print. 22
1735-(F) An iris image. 23
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1739-(3) COVERED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT .—The 1
1740-term ‘‘covered identification document’’ means any of 2
1741-the following, if the document is valid and unexpired: 3
1742-(A) A United States passport or passport 4
1743-card. 5
1744-(B) A biometrically secure card issued by a 6
1745-trusted traveler program of the Department of 7
1746-Homeland Security, including— 8
1747-(i) Global Entry; 9
1748-(ii) Nexus; 10
1749-(iii) Secure Electronic Network for 11
1750-Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI); and 12
1751-(iv) Free and Secure Trade (FAST). 13
1752-(C) An identification card issued by the De-14
1753-partment of Defense, including such a card 15
1754-issued to a dependent. 16
1755-(D) Any document required for admission 17
1756-to the United States under section 211(a) of the 18
1757-Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
1758-1181(a)). 20
1759-(E) An enhanced driver’s license issued by 21
1760-a State. 22
1761-(F) A photo identification card issued by a 23
1762-federally recognized Indian Tribe. 24
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1766-(G) A personal identity verification creden-1
1767-tial issued in accordance with Homeland Secu-2
1768-rity Presidential Directive 12. 3
1769-(H) A driver’s license issued by a province 4
1770-of Canada. 5
1771-(I) A Secure Certificate of Indian Status 6
1772-issued by the Government of Canada. 7
1773-(J) A Transportation Worker Identification 8
1774-Credential. 9
1775-(K) A Merchant Mariner Credential issued 10
1728+IOMETRIC INFORMATION .—The term ‘‘bio-7
1729+metric information’’ means any of the following: 8
1730+(A) A fingerprint. 9
1731+(B) A palm print. 10
1732+(C) A photograph, including— 11
1733+(i) a photograph of an individual’s 12
1734+face for use with facial recognition tech-13
1735+nology; and 14
1736+(ii) a photograph of any physical or 15
1737+anatomical feature, such as a scar, skin 16
1738+mark, or tattoo. 17
1739+(D) A signature. 18
1740+(E) A voice print. 19
1741+(F) An iris image. 20
1742+(3) C
1743+OVERED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT .— 21
1744+The term ‘‘covered identification document’’ means 22
1745+any of the following, if the document is valid and 23
1746+unexpired: 24
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1750+(A) A United States passport or passport 1
1751+card. 2
1752+(B) A biometrically secure card issued by 3
1753+a trusted or registered traveler program of the 4
1754+Department of Homeland Security, including— 5
1755+(i) Global Entry; 6
1756+(ii) Nexus; 7
1757+(iii) Secure Electronic Network for 8
1758+Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI); 9
1759+and 10
1760+(iv) Free and Secure Trade (FAST). 11
1761+(C) An identification card issued by the 12
1762+Department of Defense, including such a card 13
1763+issued to a dependent. 14
1764+(D) Any document required for admission 15
1765+to the United States under section 211(a) of 16
1766+the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
1767+1181(a)). 18
1768+(E) An enhanced driver’s license issued by 19
1769+a State. 20
1770+(F) A photo identification card issued by a 21
1771+federally recognized Indian Tribe. 22
1772+(G) A personal identity verification creden-23
1773+tial issued in accordance with Homeland Secu-24
1774+rity Presidential Directive 12. 25
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1778+(H) A driver’s license issued by a province 1
1779+of Canada. 2
1780+(I) A Secure Certificate of Indian Status 3
1781+issued by the Government of Canada. 4
1782+(J) A Transportation Worker Identifica-5
1783+tion Credential. 6
1784+(K) An Employment Authorization Docu-7
1785+ment issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-8
1786+tion Services. 9
1787+(L) A Merchant Mariner Credential issued 10
17761788 by the Coast Guard. 11
1777-(L) A Veteran Health Identification Card 12
1789+(M) A Veteran Health Identification Card 12
17781790 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 13
1779-(M) Any other document the Administrator 14
1791+(N) Any other document the Administrator 14
17801792 determines, pursuant to a rule making in ac-15
17811793 cordance with section 553 of title 5, United 16
17821794 States Code, will satisfy the identity verification 17
17831795 procedures of the Transportation Security Ad-18
17841796 ministration. 19
17851797 (4) I
17861798 MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-20
1787-tion laws’’ has the meaning given that term in section 21
1788-101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 22
1799+tion laws’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-21
1800+tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 22
17891801 U.S.C. 1101). 23
17901802 (5) P
1791-ROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT .— 24
1792-The term ‘‘prohibited identification document’’ means 25
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1796-any of the following (or any applicable successor 1
1797-form): 2
1803+ROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCU -24
1804+MENT.—The term ‘‘prohibited identification docu-25
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1808+ment’’ means any of the following (or any applicable 1
1809+successor form): 2
17981810 (A) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-3
17991811 forcement Form I–200, Warrant for Arrest of 4
18001812 Alien. 5
18011813 (B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-6
1802-forcement Form I–205, Warrant of Removal/De-7
1803-portation. 8
1814+forcement Form I–205, Warrant of Removal/ 7
1815+Deportation. 8
18041816 (C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-9
1805-forcement Form I–220A, Order of Release on Re-10
1806-cognizance. 11
1817+forcement Form I–220A, Order of Release on 10
1818+Recognizance. 11
18071819 (D) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-12
18081820 forcement Form I–220B, Order of Supervision. 13
18091821 (E) Department of Homeland Security 14
18101822 Form I–862, Notice to Appear. 15
18111823 (F) U.S. Customs and Border Protection 16
1812-Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record (including 17
1813-a print-out of an electronic record). 18
1824+Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record (includ-17
1825+ing a print-out of an electronic record). 18
18141826 (G) Department of Homeland Security 19
18151827 Form I–385, Notice to Report. 20
18161828 (H) Any document that directs an indi-21
1817-vidual to report to the Department of Homeland 22
1818-Security. 23
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1829+vidual to report to the Department of Home-22
1830+land Security. 23
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18221834 (I) Any Department of Homeland Security 1
18231835 work authorization or employment verification 2
18241836 document. 3
18251837 (6) S
1826-TERILE AREA.—The term ‘‘sterile area’’ has 4
1827-the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 of title 5
1828-49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor reg-6
1829-ulation. 7
1838+TERILE AREA.—The term ‘‘sterile area’’ 4
1839+has the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 5
1840+of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-6
1841+cessor regulation. 7
18301842 SEC. 22. PROHIBITION AGAINST ANY COVID–19 VACCINE 8
1831-MANDATE OR ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST DHS 9
1832-EMPLOYEES. 10
1843+MANDATE OR ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST 9
1844+DHS EMPLOYEES. 10
18331845 (a) L
1834-IMITATION ONIMPOSITION OFNEWMANDATE.— 11
1835-The Secretary may not issue any COVID–19 vaccine man-12
1836-date unless Congress expressly authorizes such a mandate. 13
1846+IMITATION ON IMPOSITION OF NEWMAN-11
1847+DATE.—The Secretary may not issue any COVID–19 vac-12
1848+cine mandate unless Congress expressly authorizes such 13
1849+a mandate. 14
18371850 (b) P
1838-ROHIBITION ONADVERSEACTION.—The Sec-14
1839-retary may not take any adverse action against a Depart-15
1840-ment employee based solely on the refusal of such employee 16
1841-to receive a vaccine for COVID–19. 17
1851+ROHIBITION ONADVERSEACTION.—The Sec-15
1852+retary may not take any adverse action against a Depart-16
1853+ment employee based solely on the refusal of such em-17
1854+ployee to receive a vaccine for COVID–19. 18
18421855 (c) R
1843-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 18
1844-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to 19
1845-the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-20
1846-resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 21
1847-Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the following: 22
1848-(1) The number of Department employees who 23
1849-were terminated or resigned due to the COVID–19 24
1850-vaccine mandate. 25
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1854-(2) An estimate of the cost to reinstate such em-1
1855-ployees. 2
1856-(3) How the Department would effectuate rein-3
1857-statement of such employees. 4
1856+EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 19
1857+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report 20
1858+to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 21
1859+Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 22
1860+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the following: 23
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1864+(1) The number of Department employees who 1
1865+were terminated or resigned due to the COVID–19 2
1866+vaccine mandate. 3
1867+(2) An estimate of the cost to reinstate such 4
1868+employees. 5
1869+(3) How the Department would effectuate rein-6
1870+statement of such employees. 7
18581871 (d) R
1859-ETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 5
1872+ETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 8
18601873 U
1861-NVACCINATEDEMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall make 6
1862-every effort to retain Department employees who are not 7
1863-vaccinated against COVID–19 and provide such employees 8
1864-with professional development, promotion and leadership 9
1865-opportunities, and consideration equal to that of their peers. 10
1866-SEC. 23. CBP ONE APP LIMITATION. 11
1874+NVACCINATEDEMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall make 9
1875+every effort to retain Department employees who are not 10
1876+vaccinated against COVID–19 and provide such employees 11
1877+with professional development, promotion and leadership 12
1878+opportunities, and consideration equal to that of their 13
1879+peers. 14
1880+SEC. 23. CBP ONE APP LIMITATION. 15
18671881 (a) L
1868-IMITATION.—The Department may use the CBP 12
1869-One Mobile Application or any other similar program, ap-13
1870-plication, internet-based portal, website, device, or initia-14
1871-tive only for inspection of perishable cargo. 15
1882+IMITATION.—The Department may use the CBP 16
1883+One Mobile Application or any other similar program, ap-17
1884+plication, internet-based portal, website, device, or initia-18
1885+tive only for inspection of perishable cargo. 19
18721886 (b) R
1873-EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 16
1874-of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner shall re-17
1875-port to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 18
1876-of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-19
1877-rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the date on 20
1878-which CBP began using CBP One to allow aliens to sched-21
1879-ule interviews at land ports of entry, how many aliens have 22
1880-scheduled interviews at land ports of entry using CBP One, 23
1881-the nationalities of such aliens, and the stated final destina-24
1882-tions of such aliens within the United States, if any. 25
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1886-SEC. 24. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF MEXICAN CARTELS 1
1887-AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 2
1887+EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 20
1888+of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner shall 21
1889+report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 22
1890+House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-23
1891+land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the 24
1892+date on which CBP began using CBP One to allow aliens 25
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1896+to schedule interviews at land ports of entry, how many 1
1897+aliens have scheduled interviews at land ports of entry 2
1898+using CBP One, the nationalities of such aliens, and the 3
1899+stated final destinations of such aliens within the United 4
1900+States, if any. 5
1901+SEC. 24. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF MEXICAN CARTELS 6
1902+AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 7
18881903 (a) R
1889-EPORT.— 3
1904+EPORT.— 8
18901905 (1) I
1891-N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 4
1892-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 5
1893-Homeland Security, in coordination with the Sec-6
1894-retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con-7
1895-gressional committees a report on whether a Mexican 8
1896-drug cartel described in paragraph (2) meets the cri-9
1897-teria for designation as a foreign terrorist organiza-10
1898-tion. 11
1906+N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 9
1907+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10
1908+of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Sec-11
1909+retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con-12
1910+gressional committees a report on whether a Mexi-13
1911+can drug cartel described in paragraph (2) meets the 14
1912+criteria for designation as foreign terrorist organiza-15
1913+tion. 16
18991914 (2) M
1900-EXICAN DRUG CARTELS DESCRIBED .—The 12
1901-Mexican drug cartels described in this paragraph in-13
1902-clude the following: 14
1903-(A) Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 15
1904-(B) Sinaloa Cartel. 16
1905-(C) Juarez Cartel. 17
1906-(D) Tijuana Cartel. 18
1907-(E) Gulf Cartel. 19
1908-(F) Los Zetas. 20
1909-(G) Las Moicas. 21
1910-(H) Los Caballeros Templarios. 22
1911-(I) Beltran-Leyva Organization. 23
1912-(J) Los Rojos. 24
1913-(K) La Familia Michoacana. 25
1915+EXICAN DRUG CARTELS DESCRIBED .—The 17
1916+Mexican drug cartels described in this paragraph in-18
1917+clude the following: 19
1918+(A) Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 20
1919+(B) Sinaloa Cartel. 21
1920+(C) Juarez Cartel. 22
1921+(D) Tijuana Cartel. 23
1922+(E) Gulf Cartel. 24
1923+(F) Los Zetas. 25
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1927+(G) Las Moicas. 1
1928+(H) Los Caballeros Templarios. 2
1929+(I) Beltran-Leyva Organization. 3
1930+(J) Los Rojos. 4
1931+(K) La Familia Michoacana. 5
19141932 (b) D
1915-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 26
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1919-(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
1920-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-2
1921-tees’’ means— 3
1922-(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 4
1923-Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com-5
1924-mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-6
1925-resentatives; and 7
1926-(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 8
1927-the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-9
1928-ernmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Ju-10
1929-diciary of the Senate. 11
1933+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1934+(1) A
1935+PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -7
1936+TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-8
1937+mittees’’ means— 9
1938+(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 10
1939+Committee on Homeland Security, and the 11
1940+Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 12
1941+Representatives; and 13
1942+(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 14
1943+the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-15
1944+ernmental Affairs, and the Committee on the 16
1945+Judiciary of the Senate. 17
19301946 (2) F
1931-OREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION .—The 12
1932-term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an orga-13
1933-nization described in section 219 of the Immigration 14
1934-and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 15
1947+OREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION .—The 18
1948+term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-19
1949+ganization described in section 219 of the Immigra-20
1950+tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 21
19351951 (c) R
1936-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 16
1937-may be construed to expand the eligibility for asylum of 17
1938-any alien by reason of the designation of a drug cartel as 18
1939-a foreign terrorist organization. 19
1940-SEC. 25. GAO STUDY ON COSTS INCURRED BY STATES TO 20
1941-SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 21
1952+ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-22
1953+tion may be construed to expand the eligibility for asylum 23
1954+of any alien by reason of the designation of a drug cartel 24
1955+as a foreign terrorist organization. 25
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1959+SEC. 25. GAO STUDY ON COSTS INCURRED BY STATES TO 1
1960+SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 2
19421961 (a) I
1943-NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 22
1944-date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 23
1945-of the United States shall conduct a study to examine the 24
1946-costs incurred by individual States as a result of actions 25
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1950-taken by such States in support of the Federal mission to 1
1951-secure the southwest border, and the feasibility of a program 2
1952-to reimburse such States for such costs. 3
1962+NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 3
1963+date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 4
1964+of the United States shall conduct a study to examine the 5
1965+costs incurred by individual States as a result of actions 6
1966+taken by such States in support of the Federal mission 7
1967+to secure the southwest border, and the feasibility of a 8
1968+program to reimburse such States for such costs. 9
19531969 (b) C
1954-ONTENTS.—The study required under subsection 4
1955-(a) shall include consideration of the following: 5
1956-(1) Actions taken by the Department of Home-6
1957-land Security that have contributed to costs described 7
1958-in such subsection incurred by States to secure the 8
1959-border in the absence of Federal action, including the 9
1960-termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols and 10
1961-cancellation of border wall construction. 11
1962-(2) Actions taken by individual States along the 12
1963-southwest border to secure their borders, and the costs 13
1964-associated with such actions. 14
1965-(3) The feasibility of a program within the De-15
1966-partment of Homeland Security to reimburse States 16
1967-for the costs incurred in support of the Federal mis-17
1968-sion to secure the southwest border. 18
1969-SEC. 26. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPART-19
1970-MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 20
1970+ONTENTS.—The study required under sub-10
1971+section (a) shall include consideration of the following: 11
1972+(1) Actions taken by the Department of Home-12
1973+land Security that have contributed to costs de-13
1974+scribed in such subsection incurred by States to se-14
1975+cure the border in the absence of Federal action, in-15
1976+cluding the termination of the Migrant Protection 16
1977+Protocols and cancellation of border wall construc-17
1978+tion. 18
1979+(2) Actions taken by individual States along the 19
1980+southwest border to secure their borders, and the 20
1981+costs associated with such actions. 21
1982+(3) The feasibility of a program within the De-22
1983+partment of Homeland Security to reimburse States 23
1984+for the costs incurred in support of the Federal mis-24
1985+sion to secure the southwest border. 25
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1989+SEC. 26. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-1
1990+PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 2
19711991 (a) R
1972-EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 21
1973-of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five 22
1974-years, the Inspector General of the Department of Home-23
1975-land Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 24
1976-Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 25
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1980-on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 1
1981-Senate a report examining the economic and security im-2
1982-pact of mass migration to municipalities and States along 3
1983-the southwest border. Such report shall include information 4
1984-regarding costs incurred by the following: 5
1985-(1) State and local law enforcement to secure the 6
1986-southwest border. 7
1987-(2) Public school districts to educate students 8
1988-who are aliens unlawfully present in the United 9
1989-States. 10
1990-(3) Healthcare providers to provide care to 11
1991-aliens unlawfully present in the United States who 12
1992-have not paid for such care. 13
1993-(4) Farmers and ranchers due to migration im-14
1994-pacts to their properties. 15
1992+EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 3
1993+of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 4
1994+five years, the Inspector General of the Department of 5
1995+Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 6
1996+Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 7
1997+the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 8
1998+Affairs of the Senate a report examining the economic and 9
1999+security impact of mass migration to municipalities and 10
2000+States along the southwest border. Such report shall in-11
2001+clude information regarding costs incurred by the fol-12
2002+lowing: 13
2003+(1) State and local law enforcement to secure 14
2004+the southwest border. 15
2005+(2) Public school districts to educate students 16
2006+who are aliens unlawfully present in the United 17
2007+States. 18
2008+(3) Healthcare providers to provide care to 19
2009+aliens unlawfully present in the United States who 20
2010+have not paid for such care. 21
2011+(4) Farmers and ranchers due to migration im-22
2012+pacts to their properties. 23
19952013 (b) C
1996-ONSULTATION.—To produce the report required 16
1997-under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Depart-17
1998-ment of Homeland Security shall consult with the individ-18
1999-uals and representatives of the entities described in para-19
2000-graphs (1) through (4) of such subsection. 20
2001-SEC. 27. OFFSETTING AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-21
2002-TIONS. 22
2014+ONSULTATION.—To produce the report required 24
2015+under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Depart-25
2016+ment of Homeland Security shall consult with the individ-26
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2020+uals and representatives of the entities described in para-1
2021+graphs (1) through (4) of such subsection. 2
2022+SEC. 27. OFFSETTING AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-3
2023+TIONS. 4
20032024 (a) O
2004-FFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EMERGENCY 23
2025+FFICE OF THESECRETARY AND EMERGENCY 5
20052026 M
2006-ANAGEMENT.—No funds are authorized to be appro-24
2007-priated for the Alternatives to Detention Case Management 25
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2011-Pilot Program or the Office of the Immigration Detention 1
2012-Ombudsman for the Office of the Secretary and Emergency 2
2013-Management of the Department of Homeland Security. 3
2027+ANAGEMENT.—No funds are authorized to be appro-6
2028+priated for the Alternatives to Detention Case Manage-7
2029+ment Pilot Program or the Office of the Immigration De-8
2030+tention Ombudsman for the Office of the Secretary and 9
2031+Emergency Management of the Department of Homeland 10
2032+Security. 11
20142033 (b) M
2015-ANAGEMENTDIRECTORATE.—No funds are au-4
2016-thorized to be appropriated for electric vehicles or St. Eliza-5
2017-beths campus construction for the Management Directorate 6
2018-of the Department of Homeland Security. 7
2034+ANAGEMENTDIRECTORATE.—No funds are au-12
2035+thorized to be appropriated for electric vehicles or St. Eliz-13
2036+abeth’s campus construction for the Management Direc-14
2037+torate of the Department of Homeland Security. 15
20192038 (c) I
2020-NTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, ANDSITUATIONAL 8
2039+NTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, ANDSITUATIONAL 16
20212040 A
2022-WARENESS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 9
2023-$216,000,000 for Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational 10
2024-Awareness of the Department of Homeland Security. 11
2041+WARENESS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 17
2042+$216,000,000 for Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational 18
2043+Awareness of the Department of Homeland Security. 19
20252044 (d) U.S. C
2026-USTOMS ANDBORDERPROTECTION.—No 12
2027-funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Shelter 13
2028-Services Program for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 14
2029-SEC. 28. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN TERRORIST 15
2030-ORGANIZATIONS. 16
2031-(a) I
2032-NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 17
2033-date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 18
2034-for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 19
2035-submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 20
2036-House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 21
2037-Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assess-22
2038-ment of foreign terrorist organizations attempting to move 23
2039-their members or affiliates into the United States through 24
2040-the southern, northern, or maritime border. 25
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2044-(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘foreign terrorist organi-1
2045-zation’’ means an organization described in section 219 of 2
2046-the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 3
2047-SEC. 29. ASSESSMENT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-4
2048-PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON THE 5
2049-MITIGATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYS-6
2050-TEMS AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 7
2051-Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 8
2052-of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 9
2053-Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 10
2054-Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 11
2055-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-12
2056-fairs of the Senate an assessment of U.S. Customs and Bor-13
2057-der Protection’s ability to mitigate unmanned aircraft sys-14
2058-tems at the southwest border. Such assessment shall include 15
2059-information regarding any intervention between January 16
2060-1, 2021, and the date of the enactment of this Act, by any 17
2061-Federal agency affecting in any manner U.S. Customs and 18
2062-Border Protection’s authority to so mitigate such systems. 19
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2068-CONGRESS
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2070-ST
2071-S
2072-ESSION
2073-
2074-H. R. 2794
2075-[Report No. 118–45, Part I]
2076-A BILL
2077-To secure the international borders of the United
2078-States, and for other purposes.
2079-M
2080-AY
2081-5, 2023
2082-Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security
2083-with an amendment
2084-M
2085-AY
2086-5, 2023
2087-Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary dis-
2088-charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
2089-House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
2090-printed
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2045+USTOMS ANDBORDERPROTECTION.—No 20
2046+funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Shelter 21
2047+Services Program for U.S. Customs and Border Protec-22
2048+tion. 23
2049+Æ
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