Sec. 211. Strengthening the requirements for border security technology along the southern border

293 words·~1 min read·/bill/115/hr/4796/ih/section-211

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Division C of Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— in subsection (a)— by inserting and border technology before in the vicinity of ; and by striking illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry into the United Sates and inserting , impede, and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas ; in subsection (c)(1), by inserting and, pursuant to subsection (d), the installation, operation, and maintenance of technology after barriers and roads ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections:

Not later than January 20, 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in carrying out subsection (a), shall deploy the most practical and effective technology available along the United States border for achieving situational awareness and operational control of the border. In this section: The term high traffic areas means sectors along the northern, southern, or coastal border that— are within the responsibility of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and have significant unlawful cross-border activity.

The term operational control has the meaning given such term in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 ( 8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367 ). The term situational awareness has the meaning given such term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ). The term technology includes border surveillance and detection technology, including— radar surveillance systems; Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radars (VADER); 3-dimensional, seismic acoustic detection and ranging border tunneling detection technology; sensors; unmanned cameras; man-portable and mobile vehicle-mounted unmanned aerial vehicles; and any other devices, tools, or systems found to be more effective or advanced than those specified in subparagraphs

(A)through (F). .

Connectionstraces to 3

Traces to 3 documents

U.S. Code

public-private-law