Sec. 103. Air and Marine Operations flight hours
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The Secretary shall ensure that not fewer than 95,000 annual flight hours are carried out by Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Secretary shall ensure that Air and Marine Operations operate unmanned aerial systems for not less than 24 hours per day for five days per week. The Commissioner shall contract for the unfulfilled identified air support mission critical hours, as identified by the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. The Commissioner shall ensure that— the primary mission for Air and Marine Operations is to directly support U.S.
Border Patrol activities along the southern border of the United States; and the Executive Associate Commissioner of Air and Marine Operations assigns the greatest priority to support missions established by the Commissioner to carry out the requirements under this Act. In accordance with subsection (c), the Commissioner shall ensure that U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chiefs— identify critical flight hour requirements; and direct Air and Marine Operations to support requests from Sector Chiefs as their primary mission.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall commence a comprehensive study on the realignment of the Air and Marine Office as a directorate of U.S. Border Patrol. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 containing the results of the study under paragraph (1), including recommendations and timeframes for implementing the realignment described in such paragraph.