(D) nonintrusive inspection technology, in-
cluding non-X-ray devices utilizing muon tomog-
raphy and other advanced detection technology; 
(E) tunnel detection technology; 
(F) communications equipment, includ-
ing— 
(i) radios; 
(ii) long-term evolution broadband; 
(iii) miniature satellites; 
(15) information relating to how CBP is coordi-
nating with the Department of Homeland Security’s 
Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, 
Privacy Officer, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Offi-
cer, General Counsel, and other relevant offices and 
components of the Department in researching, devel-
oping, acquiring, or scaling new, innovative, disrup-
tive, or other emerging or advanced technologies that 
are safe and secure; and 
(16) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be relevant. 
(c) CBP INNOVATION TEAM AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner for CBP is 
authorized to maintain 1 or more CBP Innovation 
Teams to research and adapt commercial technologies 
that are new, innovative, disruptive, privacy enhanc-
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ing, or otherwise emerging or advanced and may be 
used by CBP— 
(A) to enhance mission needs along inter-
national borders and at ports of entry; and 
(B) to assess potential outcomes, including 
any negative consequences, of the introduction of 
emerging or advanced technologies with respect 
to which documented capability gaps in border 
security operations are yet to be determined. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—Each CBP Innovation Team 
shall— 
(A) operate consistent with the Department 
of Homeland Security’s and CBP’s— 
(i) procurement and acquisition man-
agement policy; and 
(ii) policies pertaining to responsible 
use of artificial intelligence; and 
(B) consult with the Officer for Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security to ensure 
programs, policies, and procedures involving 
civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy consider-
ations are addressed in an integrated and com-
prehensive manner. 
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(3) OPERATING PROCEDURES, PLANNING, STRA-
TEGIC GOALS.—The Commissioner for CBP shall re-
quire each CBP Innovation Team maintained pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) to establish, in coordination 
with other appropriate offices of the Department of 
Homeland Security— 
(A) operating procedures, which shall in-
clude— 
(i) specificity regarding roles and re-
sponsibilities within each such team and 
with respect to Department of Homeland 
Security and non-Federal partners; and 
(ii) protocols for entering into agree-
ments to rapidly transition such tech-
nologies to existing or new programs of 
record to carry out the purposes described 
in subsection (a); 
(B) planning and strategic goals for each 
such team that includes projected costs, time 
frames, metrics, and key performance parameters 
relating to the achievement of identified strategic 
goals, including a metric to measure the rate at 
which technologies described in subsection (a) are 
transitioned to existing or new programs of 
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record in accordance with subparagraph (A); 
and 
(C) operating procedures that ensure each 
such team is in compliance with all applicable 
laws, rules, and regulations and with the De-
partment of Homeland Security’s policies per-
taining to procurement and acquisition manage-
ment, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, 
and the responsible use of artificial intelligence, 
including risk assessments and ongoing moni-
toring to ensure accuracy and reliability. 
(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annu-
ally thereafter, the Commissioner for CBP shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives information relating to the activities of 
CBP Innovation Teams, including— 
(A) copies of operating procedures and pro-
tocols required under paragraph (2)(A) and 
planning and strategic goals required under 
paragraph (2)(B); 
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(B) descriptions of the technologies piloted 
by each such team during the immediately pre-
ceding fiscal year, including— 
(i) information regarding which such 
technologies are determined to have been 
successful; and 
(ii) the identification of documented 
capability gaps that are being addressed; 
and 
(C) information regarding the status of ef-
forts to rapidly transition technologies deter-
mined successful to existing or new programs of 
record. 
(d) COST-BENEFIT.—Before initiating the large-scale 
deployment of any new technology contained in the plan 
required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall consider the costs and benefits to the Govern-
ment to ensure that the deployment of such technology will 
provide quantifiable improvements to border security. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to require 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to 
identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, 
or other emerging or advanced technologies that are safe 
and secure to enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion’s capabilities to meet its mission needs along inter-
national borders and at ports of entry.’’. 
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Calendar No. 754 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7832 
[Report No. 118–334] 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy 
new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or 
advanced technologies to enhance, or address ca-
pability gaps in, border security operations, and 
for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
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