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(3) the type and amount of all pay increases 
that have taken effect for each level of performance; 
and 
(4) the attrition of employees covered by the Per-
formance Accountability and Standards System. 
SEC. 558. SHARED
BORDER
MANAGEMENT. (a) 
STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study on the Department of Homeland Se-
curity’s use of shared border management to secure the 
international borders of the United States. 
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 
a report to Congress that describes— 
(1) any negotiations, plans, or designs conducted 
by officials of the Department of Homeland Security 
regarding the practice of shared border management; 
and 
(2) the factors required to be in place for shared 
border management to be successful. 
SEC. 559. Amounts authorized to be appropriated in 
the Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2007 are in-
creased by $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
SEC. 560. GAO STUDY OF COST OF FENCING ON THE 
SOUTHERN
BORDER. (a) INQUIRY
AND
REPORT
RE-
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QUIRED.—The Comptroller of the United States shall con-
duct a study examining— 
(1) the total amount of money that has been ex-
pended, as of June 20, 2007, to construct 90 miles of 
fencing on the southern border of the United States; 
(2) the average cost per mile of the 90 miles of 
fencing on the southern border as of June 20, 2007; 
(3) the average cost per mile of the 370 miles of 
fencing that the Department of Homeland Security is 
required to have completed on the southern border by 
December 
31, 
2008, 
which 
shall 
include 
$1,187,000,000 appropriated in fiscal year 2007 for 
‘‘border security fencing, technology, and infrastruc-
ture’’ and the $1,000,000,000 appropriated under this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Border Security Fencing, In-
frastructure, and Technology’’; 
(4) the total cost and average cost per mile to 
construct the 700 linear miles (854 topographical 
miles) of fencing on the southern border required to 
be constructed under section 102(b) of the Illegal Im-
migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
of 1996, as amended by section 3 of the Secure Fence 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–367); 
(5) the total cost and average cost per mile to 
construct the fencing described in paragraph (4) if the 
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double layer fencing requirement were eliminated; 
and 
(6) the number of miles of single layer fencing, 
if fencing were not accompanied by additional tech-
nology and infrastructure such as cameras, sensors, 
and 
roads, 
which 
could 
be 
built 
with 
the 
$1,187,000,000 appropriated in fiscal year 2007 for 
‘‘border security fencing, technology, and infrastruc-
ture’’ and the $1,000,000,000 appropriated under this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Border Security Fencing, In-
frastructure, and Technology’’. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report on the results of the study 
conducted pursuant to subsection (a) to— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 561. SENSE OF SENATE ON IMMIGRATION.—(a) 
FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following findings: 
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(1) On June 28th, 2007, the Senate, by a vote 
of 46 to 53, rejected a motion to invoke cloture on a 
bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform. 
(2) Illegal immigration remains the top domestic 
issue in the United States. 
(3) The people of the United States continue to 
feel the effects of a failed immigration system on a 
daily basis, and they have not forgotten that Congress 
and the President have a duty to address the issue of 
illegal immigration and the security of the inter-
national borders of the United States. 
(4) People from across the United States have 
shared with members of the Senate their wide ranging 
and passionate opinions on how best to reform the 
immigration system. 
(5) There is no consensus on an approach to 
comprehensive immigration reform that does not first 
secure the international borders of the United States. 
(6) There is unanimity that the Federal Govern-
ment has a responsibility to, and immediately should, 
secure the international borders of the United States. 
(7) Border security is an integral part of na-
tional security. 
(8) The greatest obstacle the Federal Government 
faces with respect to the people of the United States 
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is a lack of trust that the Federal Government will se-
cure the international borders of the United States. 
(9) This lack of trust is rooted in the past fail-
ures of the Federal Government to uphold and enforce 
immigration laws and the failure of the Federal Gov-
ernment to secure the international borders of the 
United States. 
(10) Failure to uphold and enforce immigration 
laws has eroded respect for those laws and eliminated 
the faith of the people of the United States in the abil-
ity of their elected officials to responsibly administer 
immigration programs. 
(11) It is necessary to regain the trust of the peo-
ple of the United States in the competency of the Fed-
eral Government to enforce immigration laws and 
manage the immigration system. 
(12) Securing the borders of the United States 
would serve as a starting point to begin to address 
other issues surrounding immigration reform on 
which there is not consensus. 
(13) Congress has not fully funded some interior 
and border security activities that it has authorized. 
(14) The President of the United States can ini-
tiate emergency spending by designating certain 
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spending as ‘‘emergency spending’’ in a request to the 
Congress. 
(15) The lack of security on the international 
borders of the United States rises to the level of an 
emergency. 
(16) The Border Patrol are apprehending some, 
but not all, individuals from countries that the Sec-
retary of State has determined have repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international terrorism who 
cross or attempt to cross illegally into the United 
States. 
(17) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in-
vestigating a human smuggling ring that has been 
bringing Iraqis and other Middle Eastern individuals 
across the international borders of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of Senate 
that— 
(1) the Federal Government should work to re-
gain the trust of the people of the United States in 
its ability of the Federal Government to secure the 
international borders of the United States; 
(2) in order to restore the credibility of the Fed-
eral Government on this critical issue, the Federal 
Government should prove its ability to enforce immi-
gration laws by taking actions such as securing the 
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border, stopping the flow of illegal immigrants and 
drugs into the United States, and creating a tamper- 
proof biometric identification card for foreign work-
ers; and 
(3) the President should request emergency 
spending that fully funds— 
(A) existing interior and border security 
authorizations that have not been funded by 
Congress; and 
(B) the border and interior security initia-
tives contained in the bill to provide for com-
prehensive immigration reform and for other 
purposes (S. 1639) introduced in the Senate on 
June 18, 2007. 
SEC. 562. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF AGRICULTURAL 
IMPORTS.—(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The Food and Drug Administration, as part 
of its responsibility to ensure the safety of food and 
other imports, maintains a presence at 91 of the 320 
points of entry into the United States. 
(2) United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion personnel are responsible for monitoring imports 
and alerting the Food and Drug Administration to 
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suspicious material entering the United States at the 
remaining 229 points of entry. 
(b) REPORT.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall submit a report to Congress that 
describes the training of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion personnel to effectively assist the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration in monitoring our Nation’s food supply. 
SEC. 563. (a) STUDY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VOL-
UNTARY PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM.— 
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall conduct a 
study on the implementation of the voluntary provi-
sion of emergency services program established pursu-
ant to section 44944(a) of title 49, United States Code 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘program’’). 
(2) As part of the study required by paragraph 
(1), the Administrator shall assess the following: 
(A) Whether training protocols established 
by air carriers and foreign air carriers include 
training pertinent to the program and whether 
such training is effective for purposes of the pro-
gram. 
(B) Whether employees of air carriers and 
foreign air carriers responsible for implementing 
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the program are familiar with the provisions of 
the program. 
(C) The degree to which the program has 
been implemented in airports. 
(D) Whether a helpline or other similar 
mechanism of assistance provided by an air car-
rier, foreign air carrier, or the Transportation 
Security Administration should be established to 
provide assistance to employees of air carriers 
and foreign air carriers who are uncertain of the 
procedures of the program. 
(3) In making the assessment required by para-
graph (2)(C), the Administrator may make use of un-
announced interviews or other reasonable and effective 
methods to test employees of air carriers and foreign 
air carriers responsible for registering law enforce-
ment officers, firefighters, and emergency medical 
technicians as part of the program. 
(4)(A) Not later than 60 days after the comple-
tion of the study required by paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to Congress a report on the 
findings of such study. 
(B) The Administrator shall make such re-
port available to the public by Internet web site 
or other appropriate method. 
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(b) PUBLICATION
OF
REPORT
PREVIOUSLY
SUB-
MITTED.—The Administrator shall make available to the 
public on the Internet web site of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration or the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity the report required by section 554(b) of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public 
Law 109–295). 
(c) MECHANISM
FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS.—The 
Administrator shall develop a mechanism on the Internet 
web site of the Transportation Security Administration or 
the Department of Homeland Security by which first re-
sponders may report problems with or barriers to volun-
teering in the program. Such mechanism shall also provide 
information on how to submit comments related to volun-
teering in the program. 
(d) AIR CARRIER AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIER DE-
FINED.—In this section, the terms ‘‘air carrier’’ and ‘‘for-
eign air carrier’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-
tion 40102 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 564. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has 
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no unpaid Federal tax assessments, that the contractor or 
grantee has entered into an installment agreement or offer 
in compromise that has been accepted by the IRS to resolve 
any unpaid Federal tax assessments, or, in the case of un-
paid Federal tax assessments other than for income, estate, 
and gift taxes, that the liability for the unpaid assessments 
is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial 
appeal. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the certifi-
cation requirement of part 52.209–5 of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation shall also include a requirement for a cer-
tification by a prospective contractor of whether, within the 
three-year period preceding the offer for the contract, the 
prospective contractor— 
(1) has or has not been convicted of or had a 
civil judgment or other judicial determination ren-
dered against the contractor for violating any tax law 
or failing to pay any tax; 
(2) has or has not been notified of any delin-
quent 
taxes 
for 
which 
the 
liability 
remains 
unsatisfied; or 
(3) has or has not received a notice of a tax lien 
filed against the contractor for which the liability re-
mains unsatisfied or for which the lien has not been 
released. 
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