Sec. 212. Comprehensive southern border strategy
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Not later than one year 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 comprehensive southern border strategy. The strategy submitted under subsection
(a)shall include— a list of known physical barriers, levees, technologies, tools, and other devices that can be used to achieve and maintain situational awareness and operational control along the southern border; a projected per mile cost estimate for each physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, and other device included on the list required under paragraph (1); a detailed account of which type of physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device the Department of Homeland Security believes is necessary to achieve and maintain situational awareness and operational control for each linear mile of the southern border; an explanation for why such physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device was chosen to achieve and maintain situational awareness and operational control for each linear mile of the southern border, including— the methodology used to determine which type of physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device was chosen for such linear mile; an examination of existing manmade and natural barriers for each linear mile of the southern border; the information collected and evaluated from— the appropriate U.S. Customs and Border Protection Sector Chief; the Joint Task Force Commander; the appropriate State Governor; tribal government officials; border county and city elected officials; local law enforcement officials; private property owners; local community groups, including human rights organizations; and other affected stakeholders; and a privacy evaluation conducted by the Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, in accordance with the responsibilities and authorities under section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 142 ), for each such physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device; a per mile cost calculation for each linear mile of the southern border given the type of physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device chosen to achieve and maintain situational awareness and operational control for each linear mile; and a cost justification for each time a more expensive physical barrier, levee, technology, tool, or other device is chosen over a less expensive option, as established by the per mile cost estimates required in paragraph (2).
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