Sec. 214. Air and Marine Operations flight hours
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The Secretary shall ensure that not fewer than 95,000 annual flight hours are executed by Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with adequate accountability and oversight, including strong privacy protections. The Secretary shall ensure that Air and Marine Operations operate unmanned aerial systems for not less than 24 hours per day for not fewer than five days per week. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall commence a comprehensive study to— identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvement in the capability of Air and Marine Operations to fulfill air and marine support requirements for the U.S.
Border Patrol and other components of the Department of Homeland Security, including support in critical source and transit zones; assess whether such requirements could better be fulfilled through the realignment of Air and Marine Operations as a directorate of the U.S. Border Patrol; and identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvement in the capabilities of the U.S. Border Patrol and other departmental components to develop rigorous estimates of such requirements. 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 required under paragraph (1), including recommendations and timeframes for implementing the recommendations contained in such study.