‘‘(3) detecting, investigating, preventing, and 
responding to terrorism, transnational criminal orga-
nizations, and other violations of law related to bor-
der security.’’. 
(b) UPDATED CONSIDERATIONS
FOR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF UNITS.—Paragraph (2) of section 432(c) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘ju-
risdictions’’ and inserting ‘‘regions’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Before’’ and inserting 
‘‘When’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘shall consider’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall apply risk-based criteria that takes 
into consideration’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; and 
(3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and 
inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) Whether, in accordance with para-
graph (3), other joint cross-border initiatives al-
ready take place within the region in which the 
BEST unit would be established.’’. 
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(c) UPDATED REPORT.—Subsection (e) of section 
432 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection and biannually 
thereafter for the following six years, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report that— 
‘‘(1) describes targets and performance meas-
ures for BEST units; 
‘‘(2) describes the effectiveness of BEST units 
in fulfilling the purposes specified in subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) identifies and assesses the impact of cer-
tain challenges on the sustainment of cross-border 
BEST operations, including challenges faced by 
international partners, and planned corrective ac-
tions; 
‘‘(4) identifies and assesses costs associated 
with BEST units, broken down by relevant cat-
egories designated at the Secretary’s discretion; 
‘‘(5) identifies ways to support joint training 
for BEST stakeholder agencies; 
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‘‘(6) identifies and assesses ways BTTF under 
section 420, IBET units under section 437, and 
BEST units can better align operations, including 
interdiction and investigation activities; and 
‘‘(7) identifies and assesses gaps in BEST tech-
nological capability to detect transnational criminal 
organizations or terrorist threats.’’. 
(d) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and biannually 
thereafter for the following six years, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report that— 
(1) describes the effectiveness of BEST units 
under section 432 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 240), as amended by this Act; 
(2) assesses the impact of certain challenges on 
the sustainment of cross-border BEST operations, 
including challenges faced by international partners, 
and planned corrective actions; 
(3) assesses costs associated with BEST units, 
broken down by relevant categories designated at the 
Secretary’s discretion; 
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(4) addresses ways to support joint training for 
BEST stakeholder agencies; 
(5) assesses how BTTF under section 420 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by 
this Act), IBET units under section 437 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by this 
Act), and BEST units can better align operations, 
including interdiction and investigation activities; 
and 
(6) assesses the gaps in BEST technological ca-
pability to detect cross-border tunnel threats. 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 432 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 240) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting a 
semicolon at the end; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘jurisdic-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘re-
gion’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘jurisdictions’’ and in-
serting ‘‘regions’’. 
Æ 
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