‘‘(4) Department and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Strategic Plans and Resource Deploy-
ment Plans. 
‘‘(5) Applicable aviation guidance from the De-
partment, including the DHS Aviation Concept of 
Operations. 
‘‘(6) Other strategic and acquisition guidance 
promulgated by the Federal Government as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) AUDIT AND REPORT.—The Inspector General of 
the Department shall biennially audit the deployment of 
new assets by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Of-
fice of Air and Marine Operations and submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the compli-
ance of the Department with the requirements of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) MARINE INTERDICTION STATIONS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate an identification of facilities owned by the Federal 
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Government in strategic locations along the maritime bor-
der of California that may be suitable for establishing Of-
fice of Air and Marine Operations marine interdiction sta-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 420D. SECURING THE TRANSPORTATION WORKER 
IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL AGAINST USE 
BY UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
establish a process to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that an individual who is not lawfully present in 
the United States cannot obtain or continue to use a 
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (in this 
section referred to as the ‘TWIC’). 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS.—In establishing the process 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) publish a list of documents that will iden-
tify non-United States citizen TWIC applicants and 
verify the immigration statuses of such applicants by 
requiring each such applicant to produce a document 
or documents that demonstrate— 
‘‘(A) identity; and 
‘‘(B) proof of lawful presence in the United 
States; and 
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‘‘(2) establish training requirements to ensure 
that trusted agents at TWIC enrollment centers re-
ceive training to identify fraudulent documents. 
‘‘(c) EXPIRATION OF TWICS.—A TWIC expires on 
the date of its expiration, or on the date on which the 
individual to whom such a TWIC is issued is no longer 
lawfully present in the United States, whichever is ear-
lier.’’. 
(b) LOCATION AND REPORTING STRUCTURE.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security may not change the loca-
tion or reporting structure of the Office of Biometric Iden-
tity Management (established pursuant to section 420 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section) unless the Secretary of Home-
land Security receives prior authorization from Congress 
permitting such change. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 419 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 420. Establishment of the Office of Biometric Identity Management. 
‘‘Sec. 420A. Border Security Joint Task Forces. 
‘‘Sec. 420B. Updates of maritime operations coordination plan. 
‘‘Sec. 420C. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine Op-
erations asset deployment. 
‘‘Sec. 420D. Securing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential 
against use by unauthorized aliens.’’. 
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SEC. 3. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING OPER-
ATIONAL ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For all locations in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
Operations operates that are within 45 miles of locations 
where any other Department of Homeland Security agen-
cy also operates air and marine assets, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis 
to consider the potential cost of and savings derived from 
co-locating aviation and maritime operational assets of the 
respective agencies of the Department. In analyzing such 
potential cost savings achieved by sharing aviation and 
maritime facilities, such analysis shall consider, at a min-
imum, the following factors: 
(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located. 
(2) Potential cost of, and savings derived 
through, shared maintenance and logistics facilities 
and activities. 
(3) Joint use of base and facility infrastructure, 
such as runways, hangars, control towers, operations 
centers, piers and docks, boathouses, and fuel de-
pots. 
(4) Short term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
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(5) Acquisition and infrastructure costs for en-
larging current facilities, as needed. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report summarizing the results of the cost-ben-
efit analysis required under subsection (a) and any 
planned actions based upon such results. 
SEC. 4. EVALUATION OF COAST GUARD DEPLOYABLE SPE-
CIALIZED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that describes and 
assesses the state of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Spe-
cialized Forces (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DSF’’). 
Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
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(1) For each of the past three fiscal years, and 
for each type of DSF, the following: 
(A) A cost analysis, including training, op-
erating, and travel costs. 
(B) The number of personnel assigned. 
(C) The total number of units. 
(D) The total number of missions con-
ducted. 
(E) The number of missions requested by 
each of the following: 
(i) The Coast Guard. 
(ii) Other components or offices of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(iii) Other Federal departments or 
agencies. 
(iv) State agencies. 
(v) Local agencies. 
(F) The number of missions fulfilled by 
the entities specified in subparagraph (E). 
(2) Mission impact, feasibility, and cost, includ-
ing future cost savings, of consolidating DSF capa-
bilities, including the following scenarios: 
(A) Combining DSFs, primarily focused on 
counterdrug operations, under one centralized 
command. 
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(B) Distributing counter-terrorism and 
anti-terrorism capabilities to DSFs in each 
major United States port. 
(C) Establishing an enhanced DSF in the 
highest risk port on the East coast of the 
United States and the highest risk port on the 
West coast of the United States that would be 
capable of supplementing DSF capabilities in 
other ports on each of such coasts for high 
threat operations. 
(b) DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Deployable Specialized Force’’ 
means a unit of the Coast Guard that serves as a quick 
reaction force designed to be deployed to handle counter- 
drug, counter-terrorism, and anti-terrorism operations or 
other maritime threats to the United States. 
SEC. 5. CUSTOMS-TRADE PARTNERSHIP AGAINST TER-
RORISM IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) C-TPAT EXPORTERS.—Section 212 of the Secu-
rity and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 962) is amended by inserting ‘‘exporters,’’ after 
‘‘Importers,’’. 
(b) RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218 of the Security 
and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 968) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 218. RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS. 
‘‘Not later than 30 days before signing an arrange-
ment between the United States and a foreign government 
providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security 
practices which might result in the utilization of benefits 
described in section 214, 215, or 216, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the proposed terms of such arrangement; 
and 
‘‘(2) determine, in consultation with the Com-
missioner, that such foreign government’s supply 
chain security program provides comparable security 
as that provided by C-TPAT.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the SAFE Port Act is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 
218 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 218. Recognition of other countries’ trusted shipper programs.’’. 
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SEC. 6. STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of section 201 (6 
U.S.C. 941) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph and 
every three years thereafter, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that contains an update of the strategic plan 
described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 7. CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE. 
Subsection (l) of section 205 of the SAFE Port Act 
(6 U.S.C. 945) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later 
than September 30, 2007,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Border and Maritime Security Coordination Im-
provement Act,’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 8. REPEALS. 
The following provisions of the SAFE Port Act (Pub-
lic Law 109–347) are repealed: 
(1) Section 105 (and the item relating to such 
section in the table of contents of such Act). 
(2) Subsection (c) of section 108. 
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(3) Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 121 
(6 U.S.C. 921). 
(4) Section 122 (6 U.S.C. 922) (and the item 
relating to such section in the table of contents of 
such Act). 
(5) Section 126 (6 U.S.C. 925) (and the item 
relating to such section in the table of contents of 
such Act). 
(6) Section 127 (and the item relating to such 
section in the table of contents of such Act). 
(7) Subsection (d) of section 231 (6 U.S.C. 
981). 
(8) Subsection (c) of section 233 (6 U.S.C. 
983). 
(9) Section 235 (6 U.S.C. 984) (and the item 
relating to such section in the table of contents of 
such Act). 
(10) Section 701 (and the item relating to such 
section in the table of contents of such Act). 
(11) Section 708 (and the item relating to such 
section in the table of contents of such Act). 
Æ 
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