Sec. 3. International law enforcement cooperation
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Part V of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq. ) is amended— in section 629(g), by adding after the period at the end the following: The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may enter into a treaty or agreement with any foreign country to extend to an officer of such country that is designated as an officer of the Customs Service pursuant to section 401(i) of this Act the same privileges and immunities as an officer of the Customs Service with respect to any actions taken by the designated person in the performance of such duties. ; and by inserting after section 629 the following new section:
The Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds appropriated or otherwise available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for operations and support to pay a tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claim when arises in a foreign country in connection with U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations. . Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary or the Attorney General, or both as appropriate, may station or deploy United States law enforcement officers and associated personnel in a foreign country, and may accept the stationing or deployment of foreign law enforcement officials and other persons assigned by a foreign government in the United States, for the purpose of enhancing border security or law enforcement cooperation or operations, including for purposes of conducting joint operations in the land, air, and maritime domain, with that country.
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary or the Attorney General, or both as appropriate, may enter into treaties or agreements with any foreign country to extend to foreign law enforcement officials and other persons assigned by the foreign government who are stationed in the United States such privileges and immunities as are necessary to carry out their functions. . The table of sections for the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 890D the following:
Sec. 890E. Stationing of foreign law enforcement officials and other personnel. .
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