Sec. 2. Modified instructions
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Section 432(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 240(c) ) is amended— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking shall consider and inserting shall apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including threats posed by transnational criminal organizations before the semicolon at the end; in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: the extent to which the BEST unit would advance the Department’s homeland and border security strategic priorities and related objectives; and whether departmental Joint Task Force operations established pursuant to section 708 and other joint cross-border initiatives would be enhanced, improved, or otherwise assisted by the BEST unit. .
Section 432(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: A BEST unit established pursuant to paragraph
(2)with a port security nexus shall be composed of at least 1 member of each of the following: The Coast Guard Investigative Service. The geographically responsible Coast Guard Sector Intelligence Office. . Section 432(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 240(e) ) is amended to read as follows: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— a description of the effectiveness of BEST in enhancing border security, disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations, and reducing drug trafficking, arms smuggling, child exploitation, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, as measured by crime statistics, including violent deaths, incidents of violence, and drug-related arrests; an assessment of how BEST enhances information-sharing, including the dissemination of homeland security information, among Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies , as well as BEST capability gaps relating to intelligence coordinating and sharing efforts ; a description of how BEST advances the Department’s homeland and border security strategic priorities and effectiveness of BEST in achieving related objectives; and an assessment of BEST’s joint operational efforts with departmental Joint Task Force operations established pursuant to section 708 and other joint cross-border initiatives ; . An assessment of whether additional authorities are needed to accomplish the BEST mission; An assessment of whether additional Memos of Understanding are needed to address intelligence and coordination gaps; and An assessment of whether funding has an impact on the overall mission of BEST operations to assist in advancing the Department’s homeland and border security priorities and related objectives. .
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