(3) establish Department of Homeland Security 
task forces (to include other Federal, State, Tribal 
and local law enforcement agencies as appropriate) as 
necessary to better coordinate border enforcement and 
the disruption and dismantling of criminal organiza-
tions engaged in cross-border smuggling, money laun-
dering, and immigration violations; 
(4) enhance coordination between the border se-
curity and investigations missions within the Depart-
ment by requiring that, with respect to cases involv-
ing violations of the customs and immigration laws 
of the United States, United States Customs and Bor-
der Protection coordinate with and refer all such 
cases to United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement; 
(5) examine comprehensively the proper alloca-
tion of the Department’s border security related re-
sources, and analyze budget issues on the basis of De-
partment-wide border enforcement goals, plans, and 
processes; 
(6) establish measures and metrics for deter-
mining the effectiveness of coordinated border enforce-
ment efforts; and 
(7) develop and implement a comprehensive plan 
to protect the northern and southern land borders of
the United States and address the different challenges 
each border faces by— 
(A) coordinating all Federal border security 
activities; 
(B) improving communications and data 
sharing capabilities within the Department and 
with other Federal, State, local, tribal, and for-
eign law enforcement agencies on matters relat-
ing to border security; and 
(C) providing input to relevant bilateral 
agreements to improve border functions, includ-
ing ensuring security and promoting trade and 
tourism. 
SEC. 502. OFFICE OF AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 431. OFFICE OF AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment an Office of Air and Marine Operations (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Office shall be 
headed by an Assistant Secretary for Air and Marine Oper-
ations who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall report
directly to the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall be 
responsible for all functions and operations of the Office. 
‘‘(c) MISSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PRIMARY MISSION.—The primary mission 
of the Office shall be the prevention of the entry of ter-
rorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of ter-
rorism, narcotics, and other contraband into the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) SECONDARY MISSION.—The secondary mis-
sion of the Office shall be to assist other agencies to 
prevent the entry of terrorists, other unlawful aliens, 
instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contra-
band into the United States. 
‘‘(d) AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall operate and 
maintain the Air and Marine Operations Center in 
Riverside, California, or at such other facility of the 
Office as is designated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Center shall provide com-
prehensive radar, communications, and control serv-
ices to the Office and to eligible Federal, State, or 
local agencies (as determined by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Air and Marine Operations), in order to 
identify, track, and support the interdiction and ap-
prehension of individuals attempting to enter United
States airspace or coastal waters for the purpose of 
narcotics trafficking, trafficking of persons, or other 
terrorist or criminal activity. 
‘‘(e) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Office shall en-
sure that other agencies within the Department of Home-
land Security, the Department of Defense, the Department 
of Justice, and such other Federal, State, or local agencies, 
as may be determined by the Secretary, shall have access 
to the information gathered and analyzed by the Center. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall require that all information concerning all 
aviation activities, including all airplane, helicopter, or 
other aircraft flights, that are undertaken by the either the 
Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, United States Customs and Border Protection, or any 
subdivisions thereof, be provided to the Air and Marine Op-
erations Center. Such information shall include the identifi-
able transponder, radar, and electronic emissions and codes 
originating and resident aboard the aircraft or similar 
asset used in the aviation activity. 
‘‘(g) TIMING.—The Secretary shall require the infor-
mation described in subsection (f) to be provided to the Air 
and Marine Operations Center in advance of the aviation 
activity whenever practicable for the purpose of timely co-
ordination and conflict resolution of air missions by the 
Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, and United States Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to alter, impact, diminish, or in any 
way undermine the authority of the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to oversee, regulate, and 
control the safe and efficient use of the airspace of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY.—Sec-
tion 103(a)(9) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 113(a)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘12’’ and 
inserting ‘‘13’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 101) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 430 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 431. Office of Air and Marine Operations.’’. 
SEC. 503. SHADOW WOLVES TRANSFER. 
(a) TRANSFER OF EXISTING UNIT.—Not later that 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall transfer to United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement all functions (in-
cluding the personnel, assets, and liabilities attributable to 
such functions) of the Customs Patrol Officers unit oper-
ating on the Tohono O’odham Indian reservation (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Shadow Wolves’’ unit). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW UNITS.—The Secretary 
is authorized to establish within United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement additional units of Customs Pa-
trol Officers in accordance with this section, as appropriate. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Customs Patrol Officer unit trans-
ferred pursuant to subsection (a), and additional units es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (b), shall operate on In-
dian lands by preventing the entry of terrorists, other un-
lawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other 
contraband into the United States. 
(d) BASIC PAY FOR JOURNEYMAN OFFICERS.—A Cus-
toms Patrol Officer in a unit described in this section shall 
receive equivalent pay as a special agent with similar com-
petencies within United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement pursuant to the Department of Homeland Se-
curity’s Human Resources Management System established 
under section 841 of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 
411). 
(e) SUPERVISORS.—Each unit described in this section 
shall be supervised by a Chief Customs Patrol Officer, who 
shall have the same rank as a resident agent-in-charge of 
the Office of Investigations within United States Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement.