Homeland Security of the international land and 
maritime borders of the United States. 
(5) An assessment of the current percentage of 
operational control (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 
1701 note; Public Law 109–367)) achieved by the 
Department of Homeland Security of the inter-
national land and maritime borders of the United 
States. 
(b) ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.—For the southwest 
border threat analysis required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider and exam-
ine the following: 
(1) Technology needs and challenges. 
(2) Personnel needs and challenges. 
(3) The roles and authorities of State, local, 
and tribal law enforcement in general border secu-
rity activities. 
(4) The need for cooperation among Federal, 
State, local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement en-
tities relating to border security. 
(5) The terrain, population density, and climate 
along the southwest border. 
(c) CLASSIFIED THREAT ANALYSIS.—To the extent 
possible, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
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the southwest border threat analysis required under sub-
section (a) in unclassified form. The Secretary may submit 
a portion of such threat analysis in classified form if the 
Secretary determines such is appropriate. 
SEC. 3. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2017, 
and every five years thereafter, the Chief of the Border 
Patrol shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic Plan. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Border Patrol Strategic Plan 
required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, 
a consideration of the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the southwest border 
threat analysis required under section 2, with an 
emphasis on efforts to mitigate threats identified in 
such threat analysis. 
(2) An assessment of principal border security 
threats. 
(3) Efforts to analyze and disseminate border 
security and border threat information between De-
partment of Homeland Security border security com-
ponents and with other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies with missions associated with 
the border. 
(4) Efforts to increase situational awareness, 
including the following: 
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(A) Surveillance capabilities developed or 
utilized by the Department of Defense, includ-
ing any technology determined to be excess by 
the Department of Defense. 
(B) Use of manned aircraft and unmanned 
aerial systems, including camera and sensor 
technology deployed on such assets. 
(5) Efforts to detect and prevent terrorists and 
instruments of terrorism from entering the United 
States. 
(6) Efforts to detect, interdict, and disrupt 
aliens and illicit drugs at the earliest possible point 
upon entry into the United States. 
(7) Efforts to focus intelligence collection to 
disrupt transnational criminal organizations outside 
of the international and maritime borders of the 
United States. 
(8) Efforts to ensure that any new border secu-
rity technology can be operationally integrated with 
existing technologies in use by the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(9) Technology required to maintain, support, 
and enhance security and facilitate trade at ports of 
entry, including nonintrusive detection equipment, 
radiation detection equipment, biometric technology, 
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surveillance systems, and other sensors and tech-
nology that the Secretary of Homeland Security de-
termines necessary. 
(10) Operational coordination unity of effort 
initiatives of Department of Homeland Security bor-
der security components, including any relevant task 
forces of the Department. 
(11) Lessons learned from Operation Jumpstart 
and Operation Phalanx. 
(12) Cooperative agreements and information 
sharing with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
other Federal law enforcement agencies that have 
jurisdiction on the northern or southern border. 
(13) Border security information received from 
consultation with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdic-
tion on the northern or southern border, or in the 
maritime environment, and from border community 
stakeholders (including through public meetings with 
such stakeholders), including representatives from 
border agricultural and ranching organizations and 
representatives from business and civic organizations 
along the northern or southern border. 
(14) Staffing requirements for all border secu-
rity functions. 
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(15) A prioritized list of research and develop-
ment objectives to enhance the security of the inter-
national land and maritime borders of the United 
States. 
(16) An assessment of training programs, in-
cluding training programs regarding the following: 
(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 
documents. 
(B) Understanding the scope of enforce-
ment authorities and the use of force policies. 
(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 
vulnerable populations, such as children and 
victims of human trafficking. 
(17) An assessment of how border security op-
erations affect crossing times. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘sit-
uational awareness’’ means a knowledge and unified 
understanding of unlawful cross-border activity, in-
cluding threats and trends concerning illicit traf-
ficking and unlawful 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 oper-
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ational capability to conduct continuous and inte-
grated surveillance of the international borders of 
the United States. 
(2) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The term ‘‘south-
west border’’ means the land and maritime borders 
between the United States and Mexico. 
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