Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act

To achieve border security on certain Federal lands along the Southern border. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Border security The term border security (A) the functioning and operational capability to conduct continuous and integrated manned or unmanned, monitoring, sensing, or surveillance of 100 percent of Southern border mileage or the immediate vicinity of the Southern border; and (B) the apprehension or turn back of all illegal entries across the Southern border during a fiscal year. (2) Federal lands The term Federal lands (3) Secretary The term Secretary (4) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior. (5) Southern border The term Southern border 3. Support for border security needs (a) In general To achieve border security on Federal lands— (1) the Secretary and the Secretary concerned, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel with immediate access to Federal lands for border security activities, including— (A) routine motorized patrols; and (B) the deployment of communications, surveillance, and detection equipment; and (2) the Secretary concerned may provide education and training to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel on the natural and cultural resources present on individual Federal land units. (b) Intermingled State and private land Subsection (a) shall not apply to any private or State-owned land within the boundaries of Federal lands.

Summary: Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel with access to federal lands for security activities, including: (1) routine motorized patrols; and (2) deployment of communications, surveillance, and detection equipment. DHS, Interior, and USDA may provide education and training to CBP personnel on the natural and cultural resources present on individual federal land units. Access authority shall not apply to private or state-owned land within federal land boundaries. The requirements of this section shall terminate four years after the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 4) The Government Accountability Office shall submit a report to Congress that includes: an analysis of the actions taken pursuant to this Act, including their impact on border security and on the natural and cultural resources on impacted federal lands; an assessment of the 2006 Memos of Understanding between DHS, USDA, and Interior regarding access to federal and Indian lands for border security activities; a sector-by-sector analysis of the expected impact of applying the requirements of this Act to the entire U.S. land border; and a sector-by-sector analysis of the costs incurred by each Department relating to managing and mitigating for illegal border activity on federal lands, and the impact of illegal traffic on wildlife and on natural, cultural, and historic resources.