Sec. 3. Achieving and maintaining operational control of the border
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Not later than 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to achieve and maintain operational control of the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States. The Secretary shall begin implementing the plan immediately following its submission.
For purposes of this Act, the term operational control means the prevention of all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband. Any changes to the definition of operational control as defined in this Act must be approved by Congress. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the progress made toward achieving and maintaining operational control of the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States.
Such report shall contain an analysis of the reason why, if any, operational control has not been achieved or maintained, and steps the Department will take to meet its goal of operational control. Within 30 days of receiving the report, the respective committees in subsection
(1)must certify whether operational control has been met. If the Department of Homeland Security fails to achieve or maintain operational control, then twenty-five percent of the Department’s Under Secretary for Management’s budget will be cut and redistributed to Customs and Border Protection to go toward surveillance and interdiction activities.