‘‘(2) enhancing information-sharing, including 
the dissemination of homeland security information, 
among such agencies. 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF BOR-
DER TUNNEL TASK FORCE UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—BTTF units may be com-
prised of personnel from the following: 
‘‘(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
led by the U.S. Border Patrol. 
‘‘(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement, led by Homeland Security Investiga-
tions. 
‘‘(C) Other Department components and 
offices, as appropriate. 
‘‘(D) Other Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
and foreign law enforcement agencies, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(E) Other appropriate personnel at the 
discretion of the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
UNITS.—The Sec-
retary is authorized to establish BTTF units in re-
gions in which the Secretary determines such units 
can contribute to the Department’s border security 
efforts to identify, reduce, and remediate cross-bor-
der tunnel threats. When establishing a BTTF unit, 
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the Secretary shall apply risk-based criteria that 
takes into consideration the following: 
‘‘(A) Whether the areas in which such 
BTTF units would be established are signifi-
cantly impacted by cross-border tunnel threats. 
‘‘(B) The availability of Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal law enforcement resources to 
participate in such BTTF units. 
‘‘(C) Whether other similar joint cross-bor-
der tunnel detection initiatives already take 
place within the region in which the BTTF unit 
would be established. 
‘‘(d) DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.—In determining 
whether to establish a new BTTF unit or to expand an 
existing BTTF unit in a given region, the Secretary shall 
ensure that the BTTF unit under consideration does not 
unnecessarily duplicate the efforts of other existing inter-
agency task forces or centers within such jurisdiction. 
‘‘(e) OPERATION.—After determining the regions in 
which to establish BTTF units under subsection (c)(2), 
the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) direct the assignment of Federal personnel 
to such BTTF units; 
‘‘(2) take other actions to assist Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal entities to participate in such 
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BTTF units, including providing financial assist-
ance, as appropriate, for operational, administrative, 
and technological costs associated with such partici-
pation; 
‘‘(3) direct the development of policy and guid-
ance necessary to identify, assess, and integrate the 
available partner resources in relevant border sector 
security assessments and resource planning docu-
ments; 
‘‘(4) establish targets and performance meas-
ures for BTTF units; 
‘‘(5) direct leadership of each BTTF unit to 
monitor progress on such targets and performance 
measures for each such unit; and 
‘‘(6) dedicate appropriate research and develop-
ment resources to improve cross-border tunnel detec-
tion and remediation capabilities. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate 
BTTF activities with other similar border security and 
antiterrorism programs within the Department that han-
dle matters relating to cross-border tunnel threat detec-
tion. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF TUNNEL REMEDIATION AC-
CESS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall have immediate ac-
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cess to Federal land for the remediation of tunnels used 
to facilitate illicit cross-border activities across the inter-
national borders of the United States. 
‘‘(h) TUNNEL DETECTION AND REMEDIATION TECH-
NOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall establish a pilot program to test and evaluate new 
and emerging technologies for the purpose of detection 
and remediation of cross-border tunnel threats. 
‘‘(i) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which BTTF is established and biannually there-
after for the following six years, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(1) describes targets and performance meas-
ures for BTTF units; 
‘‘(2) describes the effectiveness of BTTF in ful-
filling the purposes specified in subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) identifies and assesses the impact of cer-
tain challenges on the sustainment of cross-border 
BTTF operations and planned corrective actions; 
‘‘(4) identifies and assesses costs associated 
with BTTF units broken down by relevant cat-
egories designated at the Secretary’s discretion; 
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‘‘(5) identifies ways to support joint training 
for BTTF stakeholder agencies; 
‘‘(6) identifies and assesses ways BTTF, IBET, 
and Border Enforcement Security Task Forces can 
better align operations, including interdiction and in-
vestigation activities; and 
‘‘(7) identifies and assesses gaps in BTTF tech-
nological capability to detect cross-border tunnel 
threats.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
419 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 420. Border Tunnel Task Forces.’’. 
SEC. 4. BORDER ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TASK FORCE 
UPDATES. 
(a) UPDATED PURPOSE.—Subsection (b) of section 
432 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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