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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3163 (Introduced in House) — To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. · Sec. 118

Sec. 118. Technological assets

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The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall analyze use of authorities provided to the Secretary of Defense under chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, and whether to increase the availability and use of Department of Defense equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles, tethered aerostat radars, and other surveillance equipment, to assist the Secretary in carrying out surveillance activities conducted at or near the international land borders of the United States to deter criminal activity and terrorist threats.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that contains an analysis of the current use of Department of Defense equipment to assist the Secretary in carrying out surveillance of the international land borders of the United States and assessment of the risks to citizens of the United States and foreign policy interests associated with the use of such equipment; an analysis of projected future use of Department of Defense equipment to assist such surveillance activities, including any increases; an analysis of the types of equipment and other support to be provided by the Secretary of Defense under such plan during the one-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the report; an analysis of costs and cost-effectiveness related to any increase in the availability and use of Department of Defense equipment; and an analysis of projected schedules for implementation.
Nothing in this section may be construed as altering or amending the prohibition on the use of any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus under section 1385 of title 18, United States Code. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 to carry out this section.
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