Sec. 3. Comprehensive plan to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States
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Not later than 180 days after the date the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and 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 plan to identify, deploy, and integrate emerging and advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and LIDAR sensors, imaging, identification, and categorization systems, and other similar emerging and advanced technologies, to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States between ports of entry.
The plan required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment of how U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP)is currently utilizing emerging and advanced technologies referred to in such subsection to achieve situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States. An assessment of how border security capability gaps can be addressed through the integration and deployment of such technologies. Cost estimates for the acquisition and maintenance, as the case may be, of technologies referred to in such subsection. Metrics to measure how technologies referred to in such subsection will assist in supporting CBP’s mission. An assessment of how metrics referred to in paragraph
(4)can be used to facilitate improvements in situational awareness at the northern and southern borders of the United States. An assessment of how the integration of such technologies will support the improvement of multi-domain awareness capabilities. An analysis of technologies used by other Federal departments and agencies not in use by CBP that could assist in improving situational awareness, and how such technologies would be utilized. An analysis of authorities CBP can use to procure technologies referred to in such subsection, and whether additional or alternative authorities are needed. An explanation of how CBP plans to scale existing programs related to emerging and advanced technologies and efficiently transition new technology systems into programs of record. An assessment of CBP legacy technology programs that could be phased out and replaced by technologies referred to in such subsection and cost estimates relating to phasing out and replacing such programs. Information relating to how CBP is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to— research and develop new technologies to meet mission needs and address gaps in situational awareness; and incentivize the private sector to develop technologies that will help meet mission needs to address gaps in situational awareness. In this section, the term situational awareness has the meaning given such term in section 1092(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 6 U.S.C. 223 ).
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Comprehensive plan to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States
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