after the date of the enactment of this Act, for a program 
to establish and maintain a security barrier along the bor-
ders of the United States, of fencing and vehicle barriers 
where practicable, and of other forms of tactical infra-
structure and technology, that includes— 
(1) a detailed accounting of the program’s im-
plementation to date for all investments, including 
technology and tactical infrastructure, for funding 
already expended relative to system capabilities or 
services, system performance levels, mission benefits 
and outcomes, milestones, cost targets, program 
management capabilities, identification of the max-
imum investment, including life-cycle costs, related 
to the Secure Border Initiative program or any suc-
cessor program, and description of the methodology 
used to obtain these cost figures; 
(2) a description of how specific projects will 
further the objectives of the Secure Border Initia-
tive, as defined in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity Secure Border Plan, and how the expenditure 
plan allocates funding to the highest priority border 
security needs; 
(3) an explicit plan of action defining how all 
funds are to be obligated to meet future program 
commitments, with the planned expenditure of funds 
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linked to the milestone-based delivery of specific ca-
pabilities, services, performance levels, mission bene-
fits and outcomes, and program management capa-
bilities; 
(4) an identification of staffing, including full- 
time equivalents, contractors, and detailees, by pro-
gram office; 
(5) a description of how the plan addresses se-
curity needs at the Northern border and ports of 
entry, including infrastructure, technology, design 
and operations requirements, specific locations where 
funding would be used, and priorities for Northern 
border activities; 
(6) a report on budget, obligations and expendi-
tures, the activities completed, and the progress 
made by the program in terms of obtaining oper-
ational control of the entire border of the United 
States; 
(7) a listing of all open Government Account-
ability Office and Office of Inspector General rec-
ommendations related to the program and the status 
of Department of Homeland Security actions to ad-
dress the recommendations, including milestones to 
fully address such recommendations; 
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(8) a certification by the Chief Procurement Of-
ficer of the Department including all supporting doc-
uments or memoranda, and documentation and a de-
scription of the investment review processes used to 
obtain such certifications, that— 
(A) the program has been reviewed and ap-
proved in accordance with the investment man-
agement process of the Department, and that 
the process fulfills all capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements and reviews es-
tablished by the Office of Management and 
Budget, including as provided in Circular A–11, 
part 7; 
(B) the plans for the program comply with 
the Federal acquisition rules, requirements, 
guidelines, and practices, and a description of 
the actions being taken to address areas of non- 
compliance, the risks associated with such ac-
tions, together with any plans for addressing 
these risks, and the status of the implementa-
tion of such actions; and 
(C) procedures to prevent conflicts of in-
terest between the prime integrator and major 
subcontractors are established and that the Se-
cure Border Initiative Program Office has ade-
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quate staff and resources to effectively manage 
the Secure Border Initiative program and all 
contracts under such program, including the ex-
ercise of technical oversight; 
(9) a certification by the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the Department including all supporting doc-
uments or memoranda, and documentation and a de-
scription of the investment review processes used to 
obtain such certifications that— 
(A) the system architecture of the program 
has been determined to be sufficiently aligned 
with the information systems enterprise archi-
tecture of the Department to minimize future 
rework, including a description of all aspects of 
the architectures that were or were not assessed 
in making the alignment determination, the 
date of the alignment determination, and any 
known areas of misalignment together with the 
associated risks and corrective actions to ad-
dress any such areas; 
(B) the program has a risk management 
process that regularly and proactively identifies, 
evaluates, 
mitigates, 
and 
monitors 
risks 
throughout the system life cycle and commu-
nicates high-risk conditions to U.S. Customs 
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and Border Protection and Department of 
Homeland Security investment decision-makers, 
as well as a listing of all the program’s high 
risks and the status of efforts to address such 
risks; and 
(C) an independent verification and valida-
tion agent is currently under contract for the 
projects funded under this heading; 
(10) a certification by the Chief Human Capital 
Officer of the Department that the human capital 
needs of the Secure Border Initiative program are 
being addressed so as to ensure adequate staff and 
resources to effectively manage the Secure Border 
Initiative; and 
(11) an analysis by the Secretary for each seg-
ment, defined as not more than 15 miles, of fencing 
or tactical infrastructure, of the selected approach 
compared to other, alternative means of achieving 
operational control, including cost, level of oper-
ational control, possible unintended effects on com-
munities, and other factors critical to the decision-
making process: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on program progress, and obli-
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