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Union Calendar No. 374 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4482 
[Report No. 114–492] 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a southwest border 
threat analysis, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2016 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WALKER, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. SALMON, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CULBERSON 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 4, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare 
a southwest border threat analysis, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southwest Border Secu-
rity Threat Assessment Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. SOUTHWEST BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
a southwest border threat analysis that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of current and potential ter-
rorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and 
organized groups seeking to— 
(A) unlawfully enter the United States 
through the southwest border; or 
(B) exploit security vulnerabilities along the 
southwest border. 
(2) An assessment of improvements needed at 
and between ports of entry along the southwest border 
to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from 
entering the United States. 
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(3) An assessment of gaps in law, policy, and co-
ordination between State, local, or tribal law enforce-
ment, international agreements, or tribal agreements 
that hinder effective and efficient border security, 
counterterrorism, and anti-human smuggling and 
trafficking efforts. 
(4) An assessment of the flow of legitimate trade 
along the southwest border. 
(5) An assessment of the current percentage of 
situational awareness achieved by the Department of 
Homeland Security along the southwest border. 
(6) An assessment of the current percentage of 
operational control (as such term is defined in section 
2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 
note; Public Law 109–367)) achieved by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security of the southwest. 
(7) An assessment of impact of trusted traveler 
programs on border wait times and border security. 
(8) An assessment of traveler crossing times and 
any potential security vulnerability associated with 
prolonged wait times. 
(b) ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.—For the southwest 
border threat analysis required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider and examine 
the following: 
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(1) Technology needs and challenges, including 
such needs and challenges identified as a result of 
previous investments that have not fully realized the 
security and operational benefits that were sought. 
(2) Personnel needs and challenges, including 
such needs and challenges associated with recruitment 
and hiring. 
(3) Infrastructure needs and challenges. 
(4) The roles and authorities of State, local, and 
tribal law enforcement in general border security ac-
tivities. 
(5) The status of coordination among Federal, 
State, local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement en-
tities relating to border security. 
(6) The terrain, population density, and climate 
along the southwest border. 
(7) International agreements between the United 
States and Mexico related to border security. 
(c) CLASSIFIED THREAT ANALYSIS.—To the extent 
possible, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
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. 
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SEC. 3. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
submission of the threat analysis required under section 2 
but not later than June 30, 2017, and every five years there-
after, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, shall, in consultation with 
the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, issue a Border Patrol 
Strategic Plan. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Border Patrol Strategic Plan re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, 
a consideration of the following: 
(1) The southwest border threat analysis required 
under section 2, with an emphasis on efforts to miti-
gate threats identified in such threat analysis. 
(2) Efforts to analyze and disseminate border se-
curity and border threat information between Depart-
ment of Homeland Security border security compo-
nents and with other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies with missions associated with the 
border. 
(3) Efforts to increase situational awareness, in-
cluding the following: 
(A) Surveillance capabilities, including ca-
pabilities developed or utilized by the Depart-
ment of Defense, and any appropriate technology 
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determined to be excess by the Department of De-
fense. 
(B) Use of manned aircraft and unmanned 
aerial systems, including camera and sensor 
technology deployed on such assets. 
(4) Efforts to detect and prevent terrorists and 
instruments of terrorism from entering the United 
States. 
(5) Efforts to detect, interdict, and disrupt aliens 
and illicit drugs at the earliest possible point. 
(6) Efforts to focus intelligence collection to dis-
rupt transnational criminal organizations outside of 
the international and maritime borders of the United 
States. 
(7) 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. 
(8) Technology required to maintain, support, 
and enhance security and facilitate trade at ports of 
entry, including nonintrusive detection equipment, 
radiation detection equipment, biometric technology, 
surveillance systems, and other sensors and technology 
that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
necessary. 
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(9) Operational coordination unity of effort ini-
tiatives of the border security components of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including any rel-
evant task forces of the Department. 
(10) Lessons learned from Operation Jumpstart 
and Operation Phalanx. 
(11) Cooperative agreements and information 
sharing with State, local, tribal, territorial, and other 
Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdic-
tion on the northern or southern border. 
(12) 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 bor-
der agricultural and ranching organizations and rep-
resentatives from business and civic organizations 
along the northern or southern border. 
(13) Staffing requirements for all departmental 
border security functions. 
(14) A prioritized list of departmental research 
and development objectives to enhance the security of 
the southwest border. 
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(15) An assessment of training programs, in-
cluding training programs regarding the following: 
(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 
documents. 
(B) Understanding the scope of enforcement 
authorities and the use of force policies. 
(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 
vulnerable populations, such as children and vic-
tims of human trafficking. 
(16) An assessment of how border security oper-
ations affect crossing times. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘situa-
tional awareness’’ means a knowledge and unified un-
derstanding of unlawful cross-border activity, includ-
ing threats and trends concerning illicit trafficking 
and unlawful crossings (which may be used to fore-
cast future shifts in such threats and trends), and the 
operational capability to conduct continuous and in-
tegrated surveillance of the international borders of 
the United States. 
(2) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The term ‘‘southwest 
border’’ means the land and maritime borders be-
tween the United States and Mexico. 
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Union Calendar No. 374 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4482 
[Report No. 114–492] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
prepare a southwest border threat analysis, and 
for other purposes. 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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