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(E) Any other group that the Comptroller 
General determines would be appropriate. 
(2) INCLUSION OF OPINIONS.—The Comptroller 
General shall attach written opinions provided by 
groups referenced to in paragraph (1) as appendices 
to the report. 
SEC. 907. REPORT ON INTEGRATED BORDER ENFORCE-
MENT TEAM INITIATIVE. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit a report to the Congress on the status of the Inte-
grated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) initiative. The 
report should include an analysis of current resources allo-
cated to IBETs, an evaluation of progress made since the 
inception of the program, and recommendations as to the 
level of resources that would be required to improve the 
program’s effectiveness in the future. 
SEC. 908. STOLEN AND LOST TRAVEL DOCUMENT DATA-
BASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, acting through the Commissioner of United States 
Customs and Border Protection, shall, as expeditiously as 
possible, implement at primary inspection points at United 
States ports of entry the Stolen and Lost Travel Docu-
ment database managed by Interpol. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined 
in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101)) a report on the implementation required 
under subsection (a). 
TITLE X—INFORMATION 
SHARING IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 1001. STATE AND LOCAL FUSION CENTER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle I of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) 
is amended by striking sections 895 through 899 and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 895. STATE AND LOCAL FUSION CENTER PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish within the Department a State and Local Fusion Cen-
ter Program. The program shall be overseen by the compo-
nent charged with overseeing information sharing of 
homeland security information with State, local and tribal 
law enforcement. The purpose of the State and Local Fu-
sion Center Program is to facilitate information sharing 
between the Department and State, local, and tribal law 
enforcement for homeland security and other purposes. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
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sums as are necessary for the Secretary to carry out the 
purpose of the State and Local Fusion Center Program, 
including for— 
‘‘(1) deploying Department personnel with intel-
ligence and operational skills to State and local fu-
sion centers participating in the Program; 
‘‘(2) hiring and maintaining individuals with 
substantial law enforcement experience who have re-
tired from public service and deploying such individ-
uals to State and local fusion centers participating 
in the Program (with the consent of such centers); 
and 
‘‘(3) maintaining an adequate number of staff 
at the headquarters of the Department to sustain 
and manage the portion of the Program carried out 
at the headquarters and to otherwise fill positions 
vacated by Department staff deployed to State and 
local fusion centers participating in the Program.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 895 through 899 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 895. State and Local Fusion Center Program.’’. 
(c) PRIOR AMENDMENTS NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion shall not be construed to affect the application of sec-
tions 895 through 899 of the Homeland Security Act of 
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2002 (including provisions enacted by the amendments 
made by those sections), as in effect before the effective 
date of this section. 
SEC. 1002. FUSION CENTER PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 
TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 203. FUSION CENTER PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 
TRAINING PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, through the 
Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis, the Privacy 
Officer, and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties, shall establish a program within the Office of Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties to provide privacy, civil liberties, 
and civil rights protection training for appropriate Depart-
ment employees and State, local, tribal employees serving 
in State and local fusion centers participating in the State 
and Local Fusion Center Program. 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES.—The Sec-
retary shall require each employee of the Depart-
ment who is embedded at a State or local fusion cen-
ter and has access to United States citizens and 
legal permanent residents personally identifiable in-
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formation to successfully complete training under 
the program established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) FUSION CENTER REPRESENTATIVES.—As 
a condition of receiving a grant from the Depart-
ment, a fusion center shall require each State, local, 
tribal, or private sector representative of the fusion 
center to successfully complete training under the 
program established under subsection (a) not later 
than six months after the date on which the State 
or local fusion center at which the employee is em-
bedded receives a grant from the Department. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF TRAINING.—Training provided 
under the program established under subsection (a) shall 
include training in Federal law in each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights poli-
cies, procedures, and protocols that can provide or 
control access to information at a State or local fu-
sion center. 
‘‘(2) Privacy awareness training based on sec-
tion 552a of title 5, United States Code, popularly 
known as the Privacy Act of 1974. 
‘‘(3) The handling of personally identifiable in-
formation in a responsible and appropriate manner. 
‘‘(4) Appropriate procedures for the destruction 
of information that is no longer needed. 
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