out the mission and responsibilities of the Joint Task 
Forces. Such staff shall be filled by officials from relevant 
components and offices of the Department. 
‘‘(i) 
ESTABLISHING
ADDITIONAL
JOINT
TASK 
FORCES.—The Secretary may establish additional Joint 
Task Forces for the purposes of— 
‘‘(1) coordinating operations along the northern 
border of the United States; 
‘‘(2) preventing and responding to homeland se-
curity crises, as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) establishing other regionally based oper-
ations; or 
‘‘(4) cybersecurity. 
‘‘(j) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
a notification to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Re-
form of the Senate 90 days prior to the establish-
ment of an additional Joint Task Force under sub-
section (i). 
‘‘(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
waive the requirement of paragraph (1) in the event 
of an emergency circumstance that imminently 
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threatens the protection of human life or the protec-
tion of property. 
‘‘(k) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘situa-
tional awareness’ means a knowledge and unified under-
standing of unlawful cross-border activity, including 
threats and trends concerning illicit trafficking and unlaw-
ful crossings, and the ability to forecast future shifts in 
such threats and trends, the ability to evaluate such 
threats and trends at a level sufficient to create actionable 
plans, and the operational capability to conduct contin-
uous and integrated surveillance of the international bor-
ders of the United States. 
‘‘(l) SUNSET.—This section expires on September 30, 
2018. 
‘‘SEC. 420B. UPDATES OF MARITIME OPERATIONS COORDI-
NATION PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this section, 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 maritime oper-
ations coordination plan for the coordination and coopera-
tion of maritime operations undertaken by components 
and offices of the Department with responsibility for mari-
time security missions. Such plan shall update the mari-
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time operations coordination plan released by the Depart-
ment in July 2011, and shall address the following: 
‘‘(1) Coordination of planning, integration of 
maritime operations, and development of joint situa-
tional awareness of any component or office of the 
Department with responsibility for maritime home-
land security missions. 
‘‘(2) Maintaining effective information sharing 
and, as appropriate, intelligence integration, with 
Federal, State, and local officials and the private 
sector, regarding threats to maritime security. 
‘‘(3) Leveraging existing departmental coordi-
nation mechanisms, including the interagency oper-
ational centers as authorized under section 70107A 
of title 46, United States Code, Coast Guard’s Re-
gional Coordinating Mechanisms, the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations 
Center, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Operational Integration Center, and other regional 
maritime operational command centers. 
‘‘(4) Cooperation and coordination with other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, and State and local agencies, in the maritime 
environment, in support of maritime homeland secu-
rity missions. 
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‘‘(5) Work conducted within the context of 
other national and Department maritime security 
strategic guidance. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL UPDATES.—Not later than July 1, 
2020, the Secretary, acting through the Department’s Of-
fice of Operations Coordination and Planning, shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an update 
to the maritime operations coordination plan required 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 420C. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OF-
FICE OF AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS 
ASSET DEPLOYMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any new asset deployment by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and 
Marine Operations following the date of the enactment of 
this section, shall, to the greatest extent practicable, occur 
in accordance with a risk-based assessment that considers 
mission needs, performance results, threats, costs, and any 
other relevant factors identified by the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Specific factors to 
be included in such assessment shall include, at a min-
imum, the following: 
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‘‘(1) Mission requirements that prioritize the 
operational needs of field commanders to secure the 
United States border and ports. 
‘‘(2) Other Department assets available to help 
address any unmet border and port security mission 
requirements, in accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) Risk analysis showing positioning of the 
asset at issue to respond to intelligence on emerging 
terrorist or other threats. 
‘‘(4) Cost-benefit analysis showing the relative 
ability to use the asset at issue in the most cost-ef-
fective way to reduce risk and achieve mission suc-
cess. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—An assessment required 
under subsection (a) shall consider applicable Federal 
guidance, standards, and agency strategic and perform-
ance plans, including the following: 
‘‘(1) The most recent departmental Quadrennial 
Homeland Security Review under section 707, and 
any follow-up guidance related to such Review. 
‘‘(2) The Department’s Annual Performance 
Plans. 
‘‘(3) Department policy guiding use of inte-
grated risk management in resource allocation deci-
sions. 
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