Sec. 1181. Border Security Certification
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No person may receive a visa under section 4005 of division B of this Act or register for the Redemption Program under subtitle B of title IV of such division, until the date that the Sector Chief from each Border Patrol Sector on the Southern Border achieves and maintains a 90 percent or greater detection and apprehension rate of individuals attempting to illegally cross the border in that sector, and makes a certification to that effect. The governor of the State in which the sector is headquartered shall have 180 days to submit a report to the Border Security Certification Task Force assessing and reviewing this certification.
The Border may not be considered certified as secure until all 9 Sector Chiefs and the Border Security Certification Task Force have certified these metrics have been met, and continue maintaining these metrics on annual basis thereafter. There is established a Border Security Certification Task Force, which shall consist of the following: A representative appointed by each of the following: The Attorney General. The Secretary of State. The Secretary of Defense. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
A representative appointed by the Governor of each of the following border States: Arizona. California. New Mexico. Texas. A Member of Congress appointed by each of the following: The chair of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. The ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
The chair of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. The ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. A person who served as a senior official of the Department of Homeland Security for any period from 2017 to 2020. A person who served as a senior official of the Department of Homeland Security for any period from 2009 to 2016.
The Chair and Co-chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Two members from the National Border Security Advisory Committee established in section 1119. The Task Force shall take any action only by majority vote.