(4) Efforts to provide, in coordination with the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, training 
for the border and maritime security components of 
the Department of Homeland Security to deter, de-
tect, and interdict human smuggling across the 
international land and maritime borders of the 
United States. 
(5) An identification of the high traffic areas of 
human smuggling along the international land and 
maritime borders of the United States. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the imple-
mentation of the strategy referred to in subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that de-
scribes such strategy, including the components described 
in subsection (b). If the Secretary determines that such 
is appropriate, such report may be submitted in classified 
form. 
(d) ANNUAL LIST OF HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.—Not 
later than February 1 of every year beginning in the year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
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the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a list of the high traffic areas of 
human smuggling referred to in subsection (b)(5). 
(e) HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS OF HUMAN SMUGGLING 
DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘high traffic areas of 
human smuggling’’ means the United States ports of entry 
and areas between such ports that have the most human 
smuggling activity, as measured by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
SEC. 4. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BORDER, 
AND CUSTOMS CONTROLS. 
(a) ILLICIT SPOTTING.—Whoever knowingly trans-
mits to another person the location, movement, or activi-
ties of any Federal, State, or tribal law enforcement agen-
cy with the intent to further a Federal crime relating to 
United States immigration, customs, controlled sub-
stances, agriculture, monetary instruments, or other bor-
der controls shall be fined under title 18, United States 
Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
(b) DESTRUCTION
OF UNITED STATES BORDER 
CONTROLS.—Whoever knowingly and without lawful au-
thorization destroys, alters, or damages any fence, barrier, 
sensor, camera, or other physical or electronic device de-
ployed by the Federal Government to control the border 
or a port of entry, or otherwise seeks to construct, exca-
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vate, or make any structure intended to defeat, circumvent 
or evade any such fence, barrier, sensor camera, or other 
physical or electronic device deployed by the Federal Gov-
ernment to control the border or a port of entry, shall 
be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned 
not more than 10 years, or both, and if, at the time of 
the offense, the person uses or carries a firearm or, in 
furtherance of any such crime, possesses a firearm, that 
person shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, 
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. 
(c) CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPT.—Any person who at-
tempts or conspires to violate subsection (a) or (b) shall 
be punished in the same manner as a person who com-
pletes a violation of such subsection. 
(d) PROHIBITING CARRYING OR USE OF A FIREARM 
DURING AND IN RELATION TO AN ALIEN SMUGGLING 
CRIME.—Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
alien smuggling crime,’’ after ‘‘crime of vio-
lence’’ each place such term appears; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘, alien smuggling crime,’’ after ‘‘crime of vio-
lence’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘alien smuggling crime’ means any felony punishable 
under section 274(a), 277, or 278 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a), 1327, 
and 1328).’’. 
(e) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 3298 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or 
under section 2 or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
4 of the Human Smuggling Prevention Act of 2014,’’ after 
‘‘Immigration and Nationality Act’’. 
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