(E) The impacts on soils, wildlife, wildlife 
habitat, functioning cross-border wildlife migra-
tion corridors, and hydrology (including water 
quantity, quality, and natural hydrologic flows) 
on Federal, tribal, State, local, and private 
lands along the borders. 
(F) A comprehensive compilation of the 
fiscal investments in acquiring or managing 
Federal, tribal, State, local, and private lands 
and waters by the Department of the Interior, 
including related litigation and other costs, in 
the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, the 
land borders of the United States that have 
been acquired or managed in whole or in part 
for conservation purposes (including the cre-
ation or management of protected wildlife mi-
gration corridors) in the following: 
(i) Units of the National Park Sys-
tem. 
(ii) National Forest System land. 
(iii) Land under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(iv) Land under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
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(v) Other relevant land under the ju-
risdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(vi) Land under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Defense or the individual 
military department. 
(vii) Land under the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Commerce. 
(viii) Tribal lands. 
(ix) State and private lands. 
(G) The impacts on the economy, culture, 
safety, and quality of life of residents in the vi-
cinity of the international land borders of the 
United States. 
(H) The impacts on the civil rights, private 
property rights, privacy rights, and other civil 
liberties of border residents, including a full 
analysis for each Border Patrol sector of wheth-
er operations are necessary and cost-effective 
further than 25 air miles from any inter-
national border. 
(3) The costs of fully mitigating the adverse im-
pacts to Federal, tribal, State, local, and private 
lands, waters (including water quality, quantity, and 
hydrological flows), wildlife, and wildlife habitats by 
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the Department of the Interior, including, where 
such action is possible, the full costs of the replace-
ment or restoration of severed wildlife migration cor-
ridors with protected corridors of equivalent biologi-
cal functionality, as determined by each Secretary 
concerned, in consultation with appropriate authori-
ties of tribal, State, and local governments and ap-
propriate authorities of Mexico and Canada. 
(4) Recommendations for strategic border secu-
rity management based on the state of border secu-
rity as detailed in paragraph (1), the cost-benefit 
analysis as detailed in paragraph (2), as well as the 
full mitigation costs specified in paragraph (3). 
SEC. 4. ACTIONS TO SECURE THE INTERNATIONAL LAND 
BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF BORDER SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall take such actions as may be required to secure 
the international land borders of the United States. Such 
actions may be taken only in accordance with the border 
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security strategy developed under section 3 of the Border 
Security and Accountability Act of 2015. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY OF METHODS.—In carrying out the 
requirements of subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, where practicable, give first priority to low 
impact border enforcement techniques. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall con-
sult with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, States, local governments, trib-
al governments, and nonprofit, and nongovernmental 
organizations to minimize the impact on the environ-
ment, culture, commerce, safety, and quality of life, 
including civil rights, private property rights, privacy 
rights, and other civil liberties, for the communities 
and residents located near the sites at which actions 
under subsection (a) are proposed to be taken. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to— 
‘‘(A) create or negate any right of action 
for a State, local government, tribal govern-
ment, or other person or entity affected by this 
subsection; 
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‘‘(B) affect the eminent domain laws of the 
United States or of any State; or 
‘‘(C) waive the application of any other ap-
plicable Federal, State, local, or tribal law. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
REQUIREMENTS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), nothing in this section 
shall require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
install border security tactical infrastructure re-
ferred to in section 3(b)(1) of the Border Security 
and Accountability Act of 2015 in a particular loca-
tion along the international border of the United 
States if the Secretary determines that the use or 
placement of such resources is not the most effective 
and appropriate means to secure the international 
border at such location, or if the Secretary deter-
mines that the direct and indirect costs, or the im-
pacts on the environment, culture, commerce, safety, 
or quality of life, including civil rights, private prop-
erty rights, privacy rights, and other civil liberties, 
for the communities and residents along the border, 
likely to result from the use or placement of such re-
sources outweigh the benefits of such use or place-
ment.’’. 
(b) PRECONDITIONS.—In carrying out section 102 of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
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bility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 
note), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall not commence any 
construction of fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, 
cameras, sensors, or other tactical infrastructure along or 
in the vicinity of an international land border of the 
United States, or award or expend funds pursuant to any 
contract or other agreement related thereto, prior to 90 
days following the submission to Congress of the border 
protection strategy required under section 3 of this Act. 
SEC. 5. BORDERLANDS MONITORING AND MITIGATION. 
(a) MITIGATION PLAN.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
Commerce, and the heads of appropriate State and tribal 
wildlife agencies and entities, shall develop and implement 
a comprehensive monitoring and mitigation plan to ad-
dress the ecological and environmental impacts of border 
security infrastructure, measures, and activities along the 
international land borders of the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The mitigation plan required 
under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, meas-
ures to address and mitigate the full range of ecological 
and environmental impacts of border security infrastruc-
ture, measures, and activities, including the following: 
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