TITLE VI—STRENGTHENING EF-
FORTS 
TO 
PREVENT 
TER-
RORIST TRAVEL 
Subtitle A—Human Smuggling and 
Trafficking Center Improvements 
SEC. 601. STRENGTHENING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE 
HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING CEN-
TER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall pro-
vide to the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) the administra-
tive support and funding required for its maintenance, in-
cluding funding for personnel, leasing of office space, sup-
plies, equipment, technology, training, and travel expenses 
necessary for the Center to carry out its mission. 
(b) STAFFING OF THE CENTER.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Funding provided under 
subsection (a) shall be used for the hiring of for not 
fewer than 30 full-time equivalent staff for the Cen-
ter, to include the following: 
(A) One Director. 
(B) One Deputy Director for Smuggling. 
(C) One Deputy Director for Trafficking.
(D) One Deputy Director for Terrorist 
Travel. 
(E) Not fewer than 15 intelligence analysts 
or Special Agents, to include the following: 
(i) Not fewer than ten such analysts 
or Agents shall be intelligence analysts or 
law enforcement agents who shall be de-
tailed from entities within the Department 
of Homeland Security with human smug-
gling and trafficking related responsibil-
ities, as determined by the Secretary. 
(ii) Not fewer than one full time pro-
fessional staff detailee from each of the 
United States Coast Guard, United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion, Transportation Security Administra-
tion, and the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Intelligence analysts or 
Special Agents detailed to the Center under para-
graph (1)(E) shall have at least three years experi-
ence related to human smuggling or human traf-
ficking.
(3) DURATION
OF
ASSIGNMENT.—An intel-
ligence analyst or Special Agent detailed to the Cen-
ter under paragraph (1)(E) shall be detailed for a 
period of not less than two years. 
(c) FUNDING REIMBURSEMENT.—In operating the 
Center, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall act in 
accordance with all applicable requirements of the Econ-
omy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and shall seek reimbursement 
from the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, in 
such amount or proportion as is appropriate, for costs as-
sociated with the participation of the Department of Jus-
tice and the Department of State in the operation of the 
Center. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT
OF PLAN.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall develop a plan for the Center 
that—
(1) defines the roles and responsibilities of each 
Department participating in the Center; 
(2) describes how the Department of Homeland 
Security shall utilize its resources to ensure that the 
Center uses intelligence to focus and drive its ef-
forts; 
(3) describes the mechanism for the sharing of 
information from United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement and United States Customs 
and Border Protection field offices to the Center; 
(4) describes the mechanism for the sharing of 
homeland security information from the Center to 
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, including 
how such sharing shall be consistent with section 
1016(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458); 
(5) establishes reciprocal security clearance sta-
tus to other participating agencies in the Center in 
order to ensure full access to necessary databases; 
(6) establishes or consolidates networked sys-
tems for the Center; and 
(7) ensures that the assignment of personnel to 
the Center from agencies of the Department of 
Homeland Security is incorporated into the civil 
service career path of such personnel. 
(e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall execute with the Attor-
ney General a Memorandum of Understanding in order 
to clarify cooperation and coordination between United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding issues related 
to human smuggling, human trafficking, and terrorist 
travel.
(f) COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF INTEL-
LIGENCE AND ANALYSIS.—The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis, in coordination with the Center, shall submit to 
Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement and other 
relevant agencies periodic reports regarding terrorist 
threats related to human smuggling, human trafficking, 
and terrorist travel. 
Subtitle B—International Collabo-
ration 
to 
Prevent 
Terrorist 
Travel 
SEC. 611. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 
TO INCREASE BORDER SECURITY, ENHANCE 
GLOBAL 
DOCUMENT 
SECURITY, 
AND 
EX-
CHANGE TERRORIST INFORMATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
junction with the Director of National Intelligence and the 
heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agen-
cies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on efforts of the Government of the United 
States to collaborate with international partners and allies 
of the United States to increase border security, enhance 
global document security, and exchange terrorist informa-
tion.