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Union Calendar No. 452 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7832 

[Report No. 118–544] 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, 

integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or 

advanced technologies to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border 

security operations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2024 

Mr. CORREA (for himself and Mr. LUTTRELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop 

a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, 

disruptive, or other emerging or advanced technologies 

to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border security 

operations, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emerging Innovative 

5 Border Technologies Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE AND EMERGING BORDER TECH7 NOLOGY PLAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home10 land Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. 

11 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Under 

12 Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department 

13 of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on 

14 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

16 Affairs of the Senate a plan to identify, integrate, and de17 ploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or ad18 vanced technologies that may incorporate artificial intel19 ligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing 

20 technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, 

21 modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and 

22 LIDAR sensors, imaging, identification, and categoriza23 tion systems, or other emerging or advanced technologies, 

24 to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border security 

25 operations. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required under subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) Information regarding how CBP utilizes 

4 CBP Innovation Team authority under subsection 

5 (c) and other mechanisms to carry out the purposes 

6 specified in subsection (a). 

7 (2) An assessment of the contributions directly 

8 attributable to such utilization. 

9 (3) Information regarding the composition of 

10 each CBP Innovation Team, and how each such 

11 Team coordinates and integrates efforts with the 

12 CBP acquisition program office and other partners 

13 within CBP and the Department of Homeland Secu14 rity. 

15 (4) Identification of technologies used by other 

16 Federal departments or agencies not in use by CBP 

17 that could assist in enhancing, or addressing capa18 bility gaps in, border security operations. 

19 (5) An analysis of authorities available to CBP 

20 to procure technologies referred to subsection (a), 

21 and an assessment as to whether additional or alter22 native authorities are needed to carry out the pur23 poses specified in such subsection. 


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1 (6) An explanation of how CBP plans to scale 

2 existing programs related to emerging or advanced 

3 technologies into programs of record. 

4 (7) A description of each planned security-re5 lated technology program, including objectives, goals, 

6 and timelines for each such program. 

7 (8) An assessment of the privacy and security 

8 impact on border communities of security-related 

9 technology. 

10 (9) An assessment of CBP legacy border tech11 nology programs that could be phased out and re12 placed by technologies referred to in subsection (a), 

13 and cost estimates relating to such phase out and 

14 replacement. 

15 (10) Information relating to how CBP is coordi16 nating with the Department of Homeland Security’s 

17 Science and Technology Directorate to— 

18 (A) research and develop new, innovative, 

19 disruptive, or other emerging or advanced tech20 nologies to carry out the purposes specified in 

21 subsection (a); 

22 (B) identify security-related technologies 

23 that are in development or deployed by the pri24 vate and public sectors that may satisfy the 


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1 mission needs of CBP, with or without adapta2 tion; 

3 (C) incentivize the private sector to develop 

4 technologies that may help CBP meet mission 

5 needs to enhance, or address capability gaps in, 

6 border security operations; and 

7 (D) identify and assess ways to increase 

8 opportunities for communication and collabora9 tion with the private sector, small and dis10 advantaged businesses, intra-governmental enti11 ties, university centers of excellence, and Fed12 eral laboratories to leverage emerging tech13 nology and research within the public and pri14 vate sectors. 

15 (11) Information on metrics and key perform16 ance parameters for evaluating the effectiveness of 

17 efforts to identify, integrate, and deploy new, inno18 vative, disruptive, or other emerging or advanced 

19 technologies to carry out the purposes specified in 

20 subsection (a). 

21 (12) An identification of recent technological 

22 advancements in the following: 

23 (A) Manned aircraft sensor, communica24 tion, and common operating picture technology. 


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1 (B) Unmanned aerial systems and related 

2 technology, including counter-unmanned aerial 

3 system technology. 

4 (C) Surveillance technology, including the 

5 following: 

6 (i) Mobile surveillance vehicles. 

7 (ii) Associated electronics, including 

8 cameras, sensor technology, and radar. 

9 (iii) Tower-based surveillance tech10 nology. 

11 (iv) Advanced unattended surveillance 

12 sensors. 

13 (v) Deployable, lighter-than-air, 

14 ground surveillance equipment. 

15 (D) Nonintrusive inspection technology, in16 cluding non-X-ray devices utilizing muon to17 mography and other advanced detection tech18 nology. 

19 (E) Tunnel detection technology. 

20 (F) Communications equipment, including 

21 the following: 

22 (i) Radios. 

23 (ii) Long-term evolution broadband. 

24 (iii) Miniature satellites. 


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1 (13) Any other information the Secretary deter2 mines relevant. 

3 (c) CBP INNOVATION TEAM AUTHORITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of CBP 

5 is authorized to maintain one or more CBP Innova6 tion Teams to research and adapt commercial tech7 nologies that are new, innovative, disruptive, or oth8 erwise emerging or advanced that may be used by 

9 CBP to enhance, or address capability gaps in bor10 der security operations and urgent mission needs, 

11 and assess potential outcomes, to include any nega12 tive consequences, of the introduction of emerging or 

13 advanced technologies with respect to which docu14 mented capability gaps in border security operations 

15 are yet to be determined. 

16 (2) OPERATING PROCEDURES, PLANNING, STRA17 TEGIC GOALS.—The Commissioner of CBP shall re18 quire each team maintained pursuant to paragraph 

19 (1) to establish the following: 

20 (A) Operating procedures that include 

21 specificity regarding roles and responsibilities 

22 within each such team and with respect to De23 partment of Homeland Security and non-Fed24 eral partners, and protocols for entering into 

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1 nologies to existing or new programs of record 

2 to carry out the purposes specified in subsection 

3 (a). 

4 (B) Planning and strategic goals for each 

5 such team that includes projected costs, time 

6 frames, metrics, and key performance param7 eters relating to the achievement of identified 

8 strategic goals, including a metric to measure 

9 the rate at which technologies described in sub10 section (a) are transitioned to existing or new 

11 programs of record in accordance with subpara12 graph (A) 

13 (3) REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

15 thereafter, the Commissioner of CBP shall submit to 

16 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

18 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate in19 formation relating to the activities CBP Innovation 

20 Teams, including information regarding the fol21 lowing: 

22 (A) Copies of operating procedures and 

23 protocols under paragraph (2)(A) and planning 

24 and strategic goals required under paragraph 

25 (2)(B). 


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1 (B) Descriptions of the technologies piloted 

2 by each such team over the immediately pre3 ceding fiscal year, including information regard4 ing which such technologies are determined suc5 cessful and an identification of documented ca6 pability gaps that are addressed. 

7 (C) Information on the status of efforts to 

8 rapidly transition technologies determined suc9 cessful to existing or new programs of record. 


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Union Calendar No. 452 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7832 

[Report No. 118–544] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

for other purposes. pability gaps in, border security operations, and advanced technologies to enhance, or address canew, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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