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ment, 
and 
personnel 
needed 
to 
address 
security 
vulnerabilities within the United States for each field of-
fice of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that 
has responsibility for any portion of the United States bor-
ders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary shall 
conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Under Secretary 
shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Sec-
retary’s findings and conclusions from each study con-
ducted under subsection (a) together with legislative rec-
ommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security 
vulnerabilities found by the study. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transpor-
tation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2006 through 2011 to carry out any such rec-
ommendations from the first study conducted under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 302. USE OF GROUND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES 
FOR BORDER SECURITY. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this division, the Under Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, 
in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Se-
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curity for Border and Transportation Security, the Under 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis 
and Infrastructure Protection, and the Secretary of De-
fense, shall develop a pilot program to utilize, or increase 
the utilization of, ground surveillance technologies to en-
hance the border security of the United States. In devel-
oping the program, the Under Secretary shall—
(1) consider various current and proposed 
ground surveillance technologies that could be uti-
lized to enhance the border security of the United 
States; 
(2) assess the threats to the border security of 
the United States that could be addressed by the 
utilization of such technologies; and 
(3) assess the feasibility and advisability of uti-
lizing such technologies to address such threats, in-
cluding an assessment of the technologies considered 
best suited to address such threats. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program shall in-
clude the utilization of a variety of ground surveil-
lance technologies in a variety of topographies and 
areas (including both populated and unpopulated 
areas) on both the northern and southern borders of
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the United States in order to evaluate, for a range 
of circumstances—
(A) the significance of previous experiences 
with such technologies in homeland security or 
critical infrastructure protection for the utiliza-
tion of such technologies for border security; 
(B) the cost, utility, and effectiveness of 
such technologies for border security; and 
(C) liability, safety, and privacy concerns 
relating to the utilization of such technologies 
for border security. 
(2) TECHNOLOGIES.—The ground surveillance 
technologies utilized in the pilot program shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) Video camera technology. 
(B) Sensor technology. 
(C) Motion detection technology. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Secu-
rity shall implement the pilot program developed under 
this section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple-
menting the pilot program under subsection (a), the 
Under Secretary shall submit a report on the program to 
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
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portation, the House of Representatives Committee on 
Science, the House of Representatives Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the House of Representatives 
Committee on the Judiciary. The Under Secretary shall 
include in the report a description of the program together 
with such recommendations as the Under Secretary finds 
appropriate, including recommendations for terminating 
the program, making the program permanent, or enhanc-
ing the program. 
SEC. 303. ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRA-
TION AND INFORMATION SHARING ON BOR-
DER SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this division, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Se-
curity, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Home-
land Security for Science and Technology, the Under Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection, the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Communications and Information, and other ap-
propriate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, shall 
develop and implement a plan—
(1) to improve the communications systems of 
the departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
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ernment in order to facilitate the integration of com-
munications among the departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and State, local government 
agencies, and Indian tribal agencies on matters re-
lating to border security; and 
(2) to enhance information sharing among the 
departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, State and local government agencies, and In-
dian tribal agencies on such matters. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple-
menting the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
submit a copy of the plan and a report on the plan, includ-
ing any recommendations the Secretary finds appropriate, 
to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee 
on Science, the House of Representatives Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the House of Representatives 
Committee on the Judiciary.
Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.