(6) Efforts to focus intelligence collection to 
disrupt transnational criminal organizations outside 
of the international and maritime borders of the 
United States. 
(7) Efforts to ensure that any new border secu-
rity technology can be operationally integrated with 
existing technologies in use by the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(8) Technology required to maintain, support, 
and enhance security and facilitate trade at ports of 
entry, including nonintrusive detection equipment, 
radiation detection equipment, biometric technology, 
surveillance systems, and other sensors and tech-
nology that the Secretary of Homeland Security de-
termines necessary. 
(9) Operational coordination unity of effort ini-
tiatives of the border security components of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including any rel-
evant task forces of the Department. 
(10) Lessons learned from Operation Jumpstart 
and Operation Phalanx. 
(11) Cooperative agreements and information 
sharing with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
other Federal law enforcement agencies that have 
jurisdiction on the northern or southern border. 
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(12) Border security information received from 
consultation with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdic-
tion on the northern or southern border, or in the 
maritime environment, and from border community 
stakeholders (including through public meetings with 
such stakeholders), including representatives from 
border agricultural and ranching organizations and 
representatives from business and civic organizations 
along the northern or southern border. 
(13) Staffing requirements for all departmental 
border security functions. 
(14) A prioritized list of departmental research 
and development objectives to enhance the security 
of the southwest border. 
(15) An assessment of training programs, in-
cluding training programs regarding the following: 
(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 
documents. 
(B) Understanding the scope of enforce-
ment authorities and the use of force policies. 
(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 
vulnerable populations, such as children and 
victims of human trafficking. 
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(16) An assessment of how border security op-
erations affect crossing times. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘sit-
uational awareness’’ means a knowledge and unified 
understanding of unlawful cross-border activity, in-
cluding threats and trends concerning illicit traf-
ficking and unlawful crossings (which may be used 
to forecast future shifts in such threats and trends), 
and the operational capability to conduct continuous 
and integrated surveillance of the international bor-
ders of the United States. 
(2) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The term ‘‘south-
west border’’ means the land and maritime borders 
between the United States and Mexico. 
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