SEC. 2. MARITIME BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS 
ANALYSIS AND UPDATES. 
(a) TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ANALYSIS.—Not later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a technology needs analysis for operational 
and border security technology along the maritime border. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under sub-
section (a) shall include an assessment of— 
(1) the operational and border security tech-
nology needs along the maritime border— 
(A) to prevent terrorists and instruments 
of terror from entering the United States; 
(B) to combat and reduce criminal activity 
related to the maritime border, including— 
(i) the transport of illegal goods, such 
as illicit drugs; and 
(ii) human smuggling and human 
trafficking; 
(C) to enhance maritime domain aware-
ness; 
(D) to enhance maritime detection and 
interdiction capabilities; 
(E) to enhance presence in the maritime 
domain; 
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(F) to facilitate the flow of legal trade 
across the maritime border; 
(G) to strengthen the security of maritime 
critical infrastructure and counter evolving mar-
itime cybersecurity risks; and 
(H) to preserve and uphold United States 
prosperity and economic security by safe-
guarding the domestic maritime transportation 
system and maritime resources; 
(2) recent technological advancements in— 
(A) manned aircraft sensor, communica-
tion, and common operating picture technology; 
(B) unmanned aircraft systems, sensors, 
and related technology with maritime surveil-
lance capability, including counter-UAS sys-
tems; 
(C) unmanned maritime vessels with sur-
face and subsurface surveillance, detection, and 
tracking capabilities; 
(D) maritime surveillance and detection 
sensing capabilities for both emitting and non- 
emitting threat vessels; 
(E) coastal radar surveillance systems; 
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(F) nonintrusive inspection technology, in-
cluding non-X-ray devices and other advanced 
detection technology; 
(G) maritime signals intelligence capabili-
ties; 
(H) voice and data communications, com-
mand and control capabilities, and information 
management and sharing capabilities; and 
(I) maritime port and waterway infrastruc-
ture systems to counter physical and cyber 
threats; 
(3) any other technological advancements that 
the Secretary determines to be critical to the De-
partment’s mission along the maritime border; 
(4) whether the use of the technological ad-
vances described in paragraphs (2) and (3) will— 
(A) improve maritime border security and 
establish persistent wide area maritime surveil-
lance; 
(B) improve the capability of the Depart-
ment to accomplish its mission along the mari-
time border; 
(C) reduce operational and security gaps 
along the maritime border; 
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(D) enhance the safety of any officer or 
agent of the Department or any other Federal 
agency; and 
(E) improve deployment of high demand 
resources and improve data sharing between 
technology systems and the Homeland Security 
Enterprise; 
(5) the Department’s ongoing maritime border 
security technology development efforts, including ef-
forts by— 
(A) the U.S. Coast Guard; 
(B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 
(C) the Science and Technology Direc-
torate of the Department; and 
(D) the technology assessment office of 
any other operational component of the Depart-
ment; 
(6) any other technological needs or factors, in-
cluding maritime border security and shoreside in-
frastructure, that the Secretary determines should 
be considered; and 
(7) currently deployed technology or new tech-
nology that would improve the Department’s abil-
ity— 
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(A) to reasonably achieve operational con-
trol and situational awareness along the mari-
time border; and 
(B) to collect metrics for securing the mar-
itime border, as required under subsection (d) 
of section 1092 of division A of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(6 U.S.C. 223). 
(c) UPDATES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the submission of the analysis required under 
subsection (a) and biannually thereafter for the fol-
lowing four years, the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an update to 
such analysis. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each update required under 
paragraph (1) shall include a plan for utilizing the 
resources of the Department to satisfy operational 
and border security technology needs identified pur-
suant to subsection (b), including developing or ac-
quiring technologies not currently in use by the De-
partment that would allow the Department to bridge 
existing operational and border security needs along 
the maritime border. 
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(d) ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In compiling the 
operational and border security technology needs analysis 
and updates required under this section, the Secretary 
shall consider and examine— 
(1) technology that is deployed and is sufficient 
for the Department’s use along the maritime border; 
(2) technology that is deployed, but is insuffi-
cient for the Department’s use along the maritime 
border; 
(3) technology that is not deployed, but is nec-
essary for the Department’s use along the maritime 
border; 
(4) current formal departmental requirements 
examining maritime border security threats and 
challenges faced by any component of the Depart-
ment; 
(5) trends and forecasts regarding migration 
and the transport of illegal goods, such as illicit 
drugs, across the maritime border; 
(6) the impact on projected staffing and deploy-
ment needs for the Department, including staffing 
needs that may be fulfilled through the use of tech-
nology; 
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