Sec. 16. Border Patrol Strategic Plan
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section and every five years thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic Plan (referred to in this section as the “plan”) to enhance the security of the international borders of the United States. The plan shall include the following: A consideration of Border Patrol Capability Gap Analysis reporting, Border Security Improvement Plans, and any other strategic document authored by the U.S.
Border Patrol to address security gaps with respect to ports of entry, including efforts to mitigate threats identified in such analyses, plans, and documents. Information relating to the dissemination of information relating to border security or border threats with respect to the efforts of the Department and other appropriate Federal agencies. Information relating to efforts by U.S. Border Patrol to— increase situational awareness, including— surveillance capabilities, such as capabilities developed or utilized by the Department of Defense, and any appropriate technology determined to be excess by the Department of Defense; and the use of manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems; detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from entering the United States; detect, interdict, and disrupt human smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking and other illicit cross-border activity; focus intelligence collection to disrupt transnational criminal organizations outside of the international and maritime borders of the United States; and ensure that any new border security technology can be operationally integrated with existing technologies in use by the Department.
Information relating to initiatives of the Department with respect to operational coordination, including any relevant task forces of the Department. Information gathered from the lessons learned by the deployments of the National Guard to the southern border of the United States. A description of cooperative agreements relating to information sharing with State, local, Tribal, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction on the border. Information relating to border security information received from— State, local, Tribal, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction on the border or in the maritime environment; and border community stakeholders, including representatives from— border agricultural and ranching organizations; and business and civic organizations.
Information relating to the staffing requirements with respect to border security for the Department. A prioritized list of Department research and development objectives to enhance the security of the southern border. An assessment of training programs, including such programs relating to— identifying and detecting fraudulent documents; understanding the scope of CBP enforcement authorities and appropriate use of force policies; and screening, identifying, and addressing vulnerable populations, such as children and victims of human trafficking.