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(A) Whether the area where the BEST unit 
would be established is significantly impacted by 
cross-border threats. 
(B) The availability of Federal, State, local, 
tribal, and foreign law enforcement resources to 
participate in the BEST unit. 
(C) The extent to which border security 
threats are having a significant harmful impact 
in the jurisdiction in which the BEST unit is to 
be established, and other jurisdictions of the 
country. 
(D) Whether or not an Integrated Border 
Enforcement Team already exists in the area 
where the BEST unit would be established. 
(d) OPERATION.—After making a designation under 
subsection (d)(2), and in order to provide Federal assistance 
to the area so designated, the Secretary may— 
(1) obligate such sums as are appropriated for 
the BEST program; 
(2) direct the assignment of Federal personnel to 
the BEST program, subject to the approval of the 
head of the department or agency that employs such 
personnel; and 
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(3) take other actions to assist State, local, trib-
al, and foreign jurisdictions to participate in the 
BEST program. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the establishment of the BEST program under subsection 
(b) and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the effectiveness of the BEST program 
in enhancing border security and reducing the drug traf-
ficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smug-
gling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the inter-
national borders of the United States as measured by crime 
statistics, including violent deaths, incidents of violence, 
and drug-related arrests. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $15,400,000 for fiscal year 2012 over amounts 
that are otherwise authorized to be appropriated for this 
purpose. The $15,400,000 in funds utilized to fund U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement’s border enforcement 
security task force, better known as ‘‘BEST Teams’’, will 
be taken from the cancellation of the Department’s Ad-
vanced Spectroscopic Portal Program, or ASP. 
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SEC. 605. COST-EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR BORDER PATROL 
AGENTS. 
(a) GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE
RE-
VIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the basic training provided 
by United States Customs and Border Protection to Border 
Patrol agents to ensure that such training is being con-
ducted as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—The review shall include 
the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the appropriateness of the 
length and content of the basic training curriculum 
provided by the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center to new Border Patrol agents. 
(2) An evaluation of the appropriateness and a 
detailed breakdown of the costs incurred by United 
States Customs and Border Protection and the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center to train one 
new Border Patrol agent. 
(3) A cost and effectiveness of training compari-
son with other similar law enforcement training pro-
grams provided by State and local agencies, non-prof-
it organizations, universities, and the private sector. 
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(4) Recommendations to increase the number of 
Border Patrol agents trained per year, and to reduce 
the per-agent costs of basic training— 
(A) through utilization of comparable train-
ing programs sponsored by State and local agen-
cies, non-profit organizations, universities, and 
the private sector; 
(B) by allowing Border Patrol agents to 
take proficiency tests, enroll in long distance 
learning programs, and waive such courses as 
Spanish language instruction or physical fitness; 
or 
(C) by any other means the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate. 
SEC. 606. PROHIBITION ON IMPEDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES 
OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
RELATED TO BORDER SECURITY. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR 
AND AGRICULTURE.—The Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall not impede, prohibit, or re-
strict activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 
land that is located within 100 miles of the international 
land borders of the United States that would otherwise be 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture in order to achieve operational 
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control over the international land borders of the United 
States. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND 
BORDER PROTECTION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall have 
access to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture that is located with-
in 100 miles of the international land borders of the United 
States for purposes of conducting the following activities on 
such land that assist in securing the international land bor-
ders of the United States: 
(1) Construction and maintenance of roads. 
(2) Construction and maintenance of fences. 
(3) Use vehicles to patrol. 
(4) Installation, maintenance, and operation of 
surveillance equipment and sensors. 
(5) Use of aircraft. 
(6) Deployment of temporary tactical infrastruc-
ture, including forward operating bases. 
(c) PROTECTION OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RE-
SOURCES.—The activities described in subsection (b) shall 
be conducted, to the maximum extent practicable, in a man-
ner that the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection determines will best protect the natural and cul-
tural resources on Federal lands. 
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