S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 5: COMPREHENSIVE SOUTHERN BORDER SECURITY STRATEGY AND SOUTHERN BORDER FENCING STRATEGY

Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    (a) Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy-

      (1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy, to be known as the `Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy', for achieving and maintaining effective control between the ports of entry in all high risk border sectors along the Southern border, to--

        (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

        (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;

        (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

        (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

        (E) the Comptroller General of the United States.

      (2) ELEMENTS- The Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy shall specify--

        (A) the priorities that must be met for the strategy to be successfully executed;

        (B) the capabilities that must be obtained to meet each of the priorities referred to in subparagraph (A), including--

          (i) surveillance and detection capabilities developed or used by the Department of Defense to increase situational awareness; and

          (ii) the requirement for stationing sufficient Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers at and between ports of entry along the Southern border; and

        (C) the resources, including personnel, infrastructure, and technology that must be procured and successfully deployed to obtain the capabilities referred to in subparagraph (B), including--

          (i) fixed, mobile, and agent portable surveillance systems; and

          (ii) unarmed, unmanned aerial systems and unarmed, fixed-wing aircraft and necessary and qualified staff and equipment to fully utilize such systems.

      (3) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS REGARDING EXECUTION- The Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy shall describe--

        (A) how the resources referred to in paragraph (2)(C) will be properly aligned with the priorities referred to in paragraph (2)(A) to ensure that the strategy will be successfully executed;

        (B) the interim goals that must be accomplished to successfully implement the strategy; and

        (C) the schedule and supporting milestones under which the Department will accomplish the interim goals referred to in subparagraph (B).

      (4) IMPLEMENTATION-

        (A) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall commence the implementation of the Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy immediately after submitting the strategy under paragraph (1).

        (B) NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT- Upon commencing the implementation of the strategy, the Secretary shall submit a notice of commencement of such implementation to--

          (i) Congress; and

          (ii) the Comptroller General of the United States.

      (5) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS-

        (A) IN GENERAL- After the Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy is submitted under paragraph (1),the Secretary shall submit, not later than May 15 and November 15 of each year, a report on the status of the Department's implementation of the strategy to--

          (i) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

          (ii) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;

          (iii) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

          (iv) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

        (B) ELEMENTS- Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include--

          (i) a detailed description of the steps the Department has taken, or plans to take, to execute the strategy submitted under paragraph (1), including the progress made toward achieving the interim goals and milestone schedule established pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3);

          (ii) a detailed description of--

            (I) any impediments identified in the Department's efforts to execute the strategy;

            (II) the actions the Department has taken, or plans to take, to address such impediments; and

            (III) any additional measures developed by the Department to measure the state of security along the Southern border; and

          (iii) for each Border Patrol sector along the Southern border--

            (I) the effectiveness rate for each individual Border Patrol sector and the aggregated effectiveness rate;

            (II) the number of recidivist apprehensions, sorted by Border Patrol sector; and

            (III) the recidivism rate for all unique subjects that received a criminal consequence through the Consequence Delivery System process.

    (b) Southern Border Fencing Strategy-

      (1) ESTABLISHMENT- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a strategy, to be known as the `Southern Border Fencing Strategy', to identify where fencing, including double-layer fencing, infrastructure, and technology should be deployed along the Southern border.

      (2) SUBMITTAL- The Secretary shall submit the Southern Border Fencing Strategy to Congress and the Comptroller General of the United States for review.

      (3) NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT- Upon commencing the implementation of the Southern Border Fencing Strategy, the Secretary shall submit a notice of commencement of the implementation of the Strategy to Congress and the Comptroller General of the United States.

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COMPREHENSIVE SOUTHERN BORDER SECURITY STRATEGY AND SOUTHERN BORDER FENCING STRATEGY