Sec. 434. Subterranean operations
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Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: There is established within U.S. Customs and Border Protection a program to known as the National Subterranean Operations Program (referred to in this section as the program ). The program shall be headed by an Assistant Chief, who shall be appointed by the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. The purpose of the program is the following:
To apply risk-based criteria to interdict and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels identified by technology, intelligence leads, agency partners, and relevant Federal entities as determined by the Assistant Chief. To patrol and secure underground municipal infrastructure. There is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to carry out this section. . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Chief of the National Subterranean Operations Program of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (established pursuant to section 420 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a))) shall establish the following: Risk-based criteria to be used to prioritize the interdiction and remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels identified by technology, intelligence leads, agency partners, and other relevant Federal entities as determined by the Assistant Chief. Best practices for interdicting and remediating illicit cross-border tunnels.
Processes, in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations and relevant Federal entities as determined by the Assistant Chief, to request and share relevant illicit cross-border tunnel location, operations, and technical information. Indicators of specific types of illicit cross-border tunnels found in each U.S. Border Patrol sector to be periodically disseminated to U.S. Border Patrol sector chiefs to educate field personnel. A counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations resource needs assessment that includes consideration of the following:
Technology needs for conducting counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations. Staffing needs, including the following: A position description for U.S. Border Patrol counter cross-border tunnel operations personnel. Specialized skills required of counter cross-border tunnel operations personnel. The number of full-time employees needed to conduct illicit counter cross-border tunnel operations, disaggregated by U.S. Border Patrol sector. Training requirements for identified staffing needs.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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 on the implementation of subsection (b). The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 420C, as added by this title, the following new item Sec. 420D.
National Subterranean Operations Program. .
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