Union Calendar No. 75
115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 115–122]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
May 2, 2017
Mr. Vela (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Richmond, Ms. McSally, Mr. Correa, and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
May 16, 2017
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 2, 2017]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. Modified instructions.
(a) Updated considerations for the establishment of units.—Paragraph (2) of section 432(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240(c)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “the Secretary shall consider” and inserting “the Secretary shall apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration”; and
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “, including threats posed by transnational criminal organizations”;
(b) Port security.—Subsection (c) of section 432 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(c) Updated report elements.—Subsection (e) of section 432 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240) is amended to read as follows:
“(e) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for the following five years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:
“(1) A description of the effectiveness of BEST in enhancing border security, disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations, and reducing drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, as measured by crime statistics, including violent deaths, incidents of violence, and drug-related arrests.
“(2) An assessment of how BEST enhances information-sharing, including the dissemination of homeland security information, among Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies.
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A BILL | |||||
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the Border Enforcement Security Task
Force program within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other
purposes. | |||||
May 16, 2017 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed |