TY Act instruction for all acquisition employees and their 
representatives. 
(e) REVIEW OF ANTI-TERRORISM ACQUISITIONS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall conduct a study of all Department of 
Homeland Security procurements, including ongoing 
procurements and anticipated procurements, to— 
(A) identify such procurements that involve 
any product, equipment, service (including sup-
port and systems integration services), device, 
or technology (including information tech-
nology) that is being designed, developed, modi-
fied, or procured for the specific purpose of pre-
venting, detecting, identifying, deterring, or re-
sponding to acts of terrorism or limiting the 
harm such acts might otherwise cause; and 
(B) assess whether any such product, 
equipment, service (including support and sys-
tems integration services), device, or technology 
(including information technology) is appro-
priate for the litigation and risk management 
protections of the SAFETY Act. 
(2) SUMMARY AND CLASSIFICATION REPORT.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
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rity shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report containing the findings of the 
study under paragraph (1). Such report shall pro-
vide for a plan for ensuring that any product, equip-
ment, service (including support and systems inte-
gration services), device, or technology (including in-
formation technology) that is assessed as appro-
priate for litigation and risk management protection 
under the SAFETY Act shall be promptly consid-
ered for such protections. 
TITLE IV—PERSONNEL 
AUTHORITIES 
Subtitle A—Workforce 
Enhancements 
SEC. 401. COST-EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR BORDER PA-
TROL AGENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall take such steps as may be necessary to control 
the costs of hiring, training, and deploying new Border 
Patrol agents, including— 
(1) permitting individuals who are in training 
to become Border Patrol agents to waive certain 
course requirements of such training if such individ-
uals have earlier satisfied such requirements in a 
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similar or comparable manner as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) directing the Office of Inspector General to 
conduct a review of the costs and feasibility of train-
ing new Border Patrol agents at Federal training 
centers, including the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center facility in Charleston, South Caro-
lina, and the HAMMER facility in Hanford, Wash-
ington, and at training facilities operated by state 
and local law enforcement academies, non-profit en-
tities, and private entities, as well as the use of all 
of the above to conduct portions of such training. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PER-AGENT COST OF TRAIN-
ING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall take such steps as 
may be necessary to ensure that the fiscal year 2007 
per-agent cost of hiring, training, and deploying 
each new Border Patrol agent does not exceed 
$150,000. 
(2) EXCEPTION AND CERTIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that the per-agent cost referred to in 
paragraph (1) exceeds $150,000, the Secretary 
shall promptly submit to the Committee on 
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Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a cer-
tification explaining why such per-agent cost ex-
ceeds such amount. 
(B) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TRAIN-
ING.—Until the Secretary receives from the 
committees specified in subparagraph (A) an 
approval with respect to such increased per- 
agent cost, the Secretary shall suspend any new 
hiring, training, and deploying of Border Patrol 
agents. 
SEC. 402. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRAINING CENTER AUTHORITY TO APPOINT 
AND MAINTAIN A CADRE OF FEDERAL ANNU-
ITANTS TO SUPPORT TRAINING. 
Section 1202(a) of the 2002 Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Further Recovery From and Response 
To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (42 U.S.C. 
3771 note) is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘enactment of the Department of Homeland 
Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘250’’ and inserting ‘‘350’’. 
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SEC. 403. CANINE DETECTION TEAM COORDINATION AND 
CERTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XVIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Canine Detection 
Teams 
‘‘SEC. 1801. COORDINATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CA-
NINE DETECTION TEAM TRAINING. 
‘‘The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) fully coordinate the canine training pro-
grams of the Department that support the Depart-
ment’s counter-terrorism, counter-smuggling, trans-
portation security, and border security missions and 
other missions of the Department, including, with 
respect to the research and development of new ca-
nine training methods, the optimum number and 
type of training aids, and measurements for effi-
ciency and effectiveness; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the Department is maximizing 
its use of existing training facilities and resources to 
train canines throughout the year; and 
‘‘(3) coordinate the use of detection canines 
trained by other Federal agencies, nonprofit organi-
zations, universities, and private training facilities in 
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