Sec. 2702. Border Patrol Strategic Plan
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Not later than 180 days after the submission of the threat analysis required under section 2701 but not later than June 30, 2017, and every five years thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, shall, in consultation with the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security, issue a Border Patrol Strategic Plan. The Border Patrol Strategic Plan required under subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, a consideration of the following: The southwest border threat analysis required under section 2701, with an emphasis on efforts to mitigate threats identified in such threat analysis. Efforts to analyze and disseminate border security and border threat information between Department of Homeland Security border security components and with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies with missions associated with the border. Efforts to increase situational awareness, including the following: Surveillance capabilities, including capabilities developed or utilized by the Department of Defense, and any appropriate technology determined to be excess by the Department of Defense. Use of manned aircraft and unmanned aerial systems, including camera and sensor technology deployed on such assets. Efforts to detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from entering the United States. Efforts to detect, interdict, and disrupt aliens and illicit drugs at the earliest possible point. Efforts to focus intelligence collection to disrupt transnational criminal organizations outside of the international and maritime borders of the United States. Efforts to ensure that any new border security technology can be operationally integrated with existing technologies in use by the Department of Homeland Security. Technology required to maintain, support, and enhance security and facilitate trade at ports of entry, including nonintrusive detection equipment, radiation detection equipment, biometric technology, surveillance systems, and other sensors and technology that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines necessary. Operational coordination unity of effort initiatives of the border security components of the Department of Homeland Security, including any relevant task forces of the Department. Lessons learned from Operation Jumpstart and Operation Phalanx. Cooperative agreements and information sharing with State, local, tribal, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction on the northern or southern border. Border security information received from consultation with State, local, tribal, territorial, and Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction on the northern or southern border, or in the maritime environment, and from border community stakeholders (including through public meetings with such stakeholders), including representatives from border agricultural and ranching organizations and representatives from business and civic organizations along the northern or southern border. Staffing requirements for all departmental border security functions. A prioritized list of departmental research and development objectives to enhance the security of the southwest border. An assessment of training programs, including training programs regarding the following: Identifying and detecting fraudulent documents. Understanding the scope of enforcement authorities and the use of force policies. Screening, identifying, and addressing vulnerable populations, such as children and victims of human trafficking. An assessment of how border security operations affect crossing times.