Sec. 1114. Southern border threat analysis, Border Patrol strategic plan, and Northern Border Threat Analysis
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 Southern border threat analysis. The analysis submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of— current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking— to unlawfully enter the United States through the Southern border; or to exploit security vulnerabilities along the Southern border; improvements needed at and between ports of entry along the Southern border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States; gaps in law, policy, and coordination between State, local, or tribal law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal agreements that hinder effective and efficient border security, counterterrorism, and anti-human smuggling and trafficking efforts; the current percentage of situational awareness achieved by the Department along the Southern border; the current percentage of operational advantage achieved by the Department on the Southern border; and traveler crossing times and any potential security vulnerability associated with prolonged wait times. In compiling the Southern border threat analysis required under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider and examine— the technology needs and challenges, including such needs and challenges identified as a result of previous investments that have not fully realized the security and operational benefits that were sought; the personnel needs and challenges, including such needs and challenges associated with recruitment and hiring; the infrastructure needs and challenges; the roles and authorities of State, local, and tribal law enforcement in general border security activities; the status of coordination among Federal, State, local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement entities relating to border security; the terrain, population density, and climate along the Southern border; and the international agreements between the United States and Mexico related to border security. To the extent possible, the Secretary shall submit the Southern border threat analysis required under this subsection in unclassified form, but may submit a portion of the threat analysis in classified form if the Secretary determines such action is appropriate. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section and every 2 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. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 an update of the Northern Border Threat Analysis as required in the Northern Border Security Review Act ( Public Law 114–267 ).
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Southern border threat analysis, Border Patrol strategic plan, and Northern Border Threat Analysis
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