I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2954 
To strengthen enforcement of immigration laws, and gain operational control 
over the borders of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2007 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL of 
Texas, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Ten-
nessee, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. 
GINGREY, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. POE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mrs. CUBIN, 
Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
MILLER of Florida, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, 
Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. DREIER, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, and Mr. BLUNT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, 
Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen enforcement of immigration laws, and gain 
operational control over the borders of the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Borders FIRST 
(For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act 
of 2007’’. 
TITLE I—BORDER SECURITY 
SEC. 101. ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE 
BORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2013, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall achieve 
operational control of the international land and maritime 
borders of the United States by carrying out the following: 
(1) Deploying along such borders physical in-
frastructure 
enhancements, 
including 
additional 
checkpoints, all weather access roads, fencing, and 
vehicle barriers to gain operational control over such 
borders and to facilitate access to such borders by 
United States Customs and Border Protection. 
(2) Expediting the requirements of the Secure 
Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–347), including 
the amendments made by such Act to section 102(b) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 8 
U.S.C. 1103 note) (relating to the construction of 
reinforced fencing and other security improvements 
in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the 
Gulf of Mexico). 
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(3) Conducting systematic surveillance of the 
international land and maritime borders of the 
United States through more effective use of per-
sonnel and technology, such as unmanned aerial ve-
hicles, ground-based sensors, satellites, radar cov-
erage, and cameras. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘oper-
ational control’’ means the prevention of all unlawful en-
tries into the United States, including entries by terror-
ists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, nar-
cotics, and other contraband. 
SEC. 102. BORDER PATROL AGENTS. 
(a) DEADLINE.—Not later than December 31, 2008, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the 
Border Patrol has not fewer than 18,000 Border Patrol 
agents and sufficient support staff for such agents, includ-
ing mechanics, administrative support, and surveillance 
personnel. 
(b) FISCAL YEARS 2009 AND 2010.—In fiscal years 
2009 and 2010, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
increase by not less than 2,000 the number of positions 
for full-time active-duty Border Patrol agents within the 
Department of Homeland Security above the number of 
such positions existing in the preceding fiscal year. 
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SEC. 103. INCREASE IN PORT OF ENTRY STAFFING. 
For each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase by not 
fewer than 250 the number of Customs and Border Pro-
tection officers at United States ports of entry over the 
number of such officers at such ports for the preceding 
year. 
SEC. 104. REVIEW OF BORDER SECURITY POLICIES AND 
PROCEDURES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE TO REFORM 
BORDER PATROL POLICIES.—(1) Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner 
of United States Customs and Border Protection, shall es-
tablish a task force to examine the policies and procedures 
of the Border Patrol as they pertain to— 
(A) the use of deadly force which is defined as 
any force that is likely to cause death, or serious 
bodily injury as that term is defined in section 
924(c)(2) of title 18 of the United States Code; and 
(B) the pursuit of fleeing vehicles. 
(2) The task force shall consider the current policies 
and procedures for the use of deadly force and the pursuit 
of fleeing vehicles in every aspect of the mission of the 
United States Border Patrol, especially in deterring— 
(A) human trafficking or smuggling; 
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