purpose of soliciting feedback and input from border 
community stakeholders regarding such initial miti-
gation plan. 
‘‘(c) FINAL MITIGATION PLAN.—After receiving feed-
back and input under subsection (b) regarding an initial 
mitigation plan, the Secretary shall develop a final mitiga-
tion plan taking into consideration such feedback and 
input. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 
such final mitigation plan. 
‘‘(d) UPDATES TO FINAL MITIGATION PLAN.—The 
Secretary shall update a final mitigation plan under this 
section if significant construction, installation, deploy-
ment, operation, or maintenance of additional physical 
barriers, tactical infrastructure, or technology (including 
the removal of obstacles for such purpose) is determined 
necessary. Any such update shall— 
‘‘(1) be published on a publicly available website 
of the Department; 
‘‘(2) meet the requirement described in sub-
section (b)(1); and 
‘‘(3) provide an opportunity for written feed-
back and input from border community stake-
holders. 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION.—Not more than 90 days before 
commencing any construction, installation, deployment, 
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operation, or maintenance of additional physical barriers, 
tactical infrastructure, or technology (including removal of 
obstacles for such purpose) at a site in a Border Patrol 
sector in accordance with this section, the Secretary shall 
provide the Comptroller General of the United States, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The final mitigation plan under subsection 
(c) or an updated final mitigation plan under sub-
section (d), together with information relating to the 
feedback and input received in accordance with sub-
section (b) or subsection (d), respectively. 
‘‘(2) Information on the following: 
‘‘(A) The type of additional physical bar-
riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology the 
Secretary has determined is most practical and 
effective to achieve situational awareness and 
operational control at such site. 
‘‘(B) The associated timeline for the con-
struction, installation, deployment, operation, or 
maintenance of such additional physical bar-
riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology (in-
cluding removal of obstacles for such purpose). 
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‘‘(C) Projected costs, analysis of alter-
natives, and plans for such removal, construc-
tion, installation, deployment, operation, or 
maintenance or such additional physical bar-
riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology, to-
gether with specific information on how much 
of such site is privately owned and may be sub-
ject to eminent domain. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BORDER
COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS.— 
The term ‘border community stakeholders’ means, 
with respect to sites in Border Patrol sectors at 
which construction, installation, deployment, oper-
ation, or maintenance of additional physical barriers, 
tactical infrastructure, or technology (including re-
moval of obstacles for such purpose) is the subject 
of an initial, final, or updated final mitigation plan 
under this section— 
‘‘(A) private property owners of such sites; 
‘‘(B) State or local governments or Indian 
tribes that own, manage, or administer such 
sites or the use of resources of such sites; and 
‘‘(C) other individuals who could be im-
pacted by such departmental action, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(2) OPERATIONAL CONTROL.—The term ‘oper-
ational control’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
‘‘(3) PROPERTY.—The term ‘property’ means 
land, including an estate or interest in land, includ-
ing an easement or right of way in land.’’. 
(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 
890A the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 890B. Border community stakeholder consultation.’’. 
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