(1) Preserving, maintaining, and, if necessary, 
restoring, wildlife migration corridors, key habitats, 
and the ecologically functional connectivity between 
and among key habitats sufficient to ensure that 
species (whether or not designated as rare, pro-
tected, or of concern) remain viable and are able to 
adapt to the impacts of climate change. 
(2) Addressing control of invasive species and 
implementing measures necessary to avoid the 
spread of such species. 
(3) Maintaining hydrological functionality, in-
cluding water quantity and quality. 
(4) Incorporating adaptive management, includ-
ing detailed provisions for long-term monitoring of 
the mitigation plan’s effectiveness and for necessary 
adjustments to such plan based on such monitoring 
results. 
(5) Protection of cultural and historical re-
sources. 
(c) PREEMPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
the Secretary is authorized to carry out the mitiga-
tion plan required under subsection (a) on any Fed-
eral, State, local, tribal, or private lands in the vicin-
ity of or ecologically related to an international land 
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border of the United States regardless of which indi-
vidual, agency, or entity has ownership of or prin-
cipal responsibility for the management of any such 
lands. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—Activities carried out pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) in connection with the mitiga-
tion plan shall be carried out in full consultation 
with, and with the concurrence of, the owner of, or 
entity with principal responsibility for, the manage-
ment of the lands described in such paragraph. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) 
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the Secretary of Commerce may 
each transfer funds available to such Secretary to 
the Secretary of the Interior for— 
(A) expenditures under programs (includ-
ing any international programs) of the Depart-
ment of the Interior that are designed to fund 
conservation-related 
activities 
(directly 
or 
through grants or similar mechanisms) on Fed-
eral and non-Federal lands, including land ac-
quisition programs; and 
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(B) mitigation activities on Federal lands 
managed by the Department of the Interior, if 
such activities are required to implement the 
mitigation plan required under subsection (a) 
and if the costs of such activities are higher 
than the costs associated with managing such 
lands in the absence of such activities. 
(2) EXEMPTION
FROM
REPROGRAMMING
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Funds transferred pursuant to the 
authorization under paragraph (1) shall not be sub-
ject to reprogramming requirements. 
(3) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Interior may accept and use 
donations for the purpose of developing and imple-
menting the mitigation plan required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 6. COMBATING HUMAN SMUGGLING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR PLAN.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall develop and implement a plan to 
improve coordination among United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, United States Customs and 
Border Protection, and any other Federal, State, local, or 
tribal authorities, as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary, to improve coordination efforts to combat human 
smuggling. 
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(b) CONTENT.—In developing the plan required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
consider— 
(1) the interoperability of databases utilized to 
prevent human smuggling; 
(2) adequate and effective personnel training, 
including methods to ascertain crime victims and 
vulnerable populations; 
(3) methods and programs to effectively target 
networks that engage in such smuggling; 
(4) effective utilization of— 
(A) visas for victims of trafficking and 
other crimes, including whether or not State 
and local law enforcement partners are certi-
fying such visas and the numbers of both cer-
tifications and applications for certification; and 
(B) investigatory techniques, equipment, 
and procedures that prevent, detect, and pros-
ecute international money laundering and other 
operations that are utilized in smuggling; 
(5) joint measures, with the Secretary of State, 
to enhance intelligence sharing and cooperation with 
foreign governments whose citizens are preyed on by 
human smugglers; and 
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(6) other measures that the Secretary of Home-
land Security considers appropriate to combat 
human smuggling. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after imple-
menting the plan described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and 
the Government Accountability Office a report on such 
plan, including any recommendations for legislative action 
to improve efforts to combating human smuggling. 
SEC. 7. DEATHS ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER: RE-
PORTS AND STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION. 
(a) REPORTS ON DEATHS ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO 
BORDER.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter, the 
Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Pro-
tection shall collect and publish in the Federal Register 
statistics relating to deaths occurring along the border be-
tween the United States and Mexico, including informa-
tion relating to the following: 
(1) The causes of such deaths. 
(2) The total number of such deaths. 
(3) Location of such deaths. 
(4) Sex, age, and country of origin (when pos-
sible). 
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