(1) Personnel. 
(2) Infrastructure. 
(3) Technology. 
(4) Coordination of intelligence among agencies. 
(5) Legal responsibilities. 
(6) Criminal statutes. 
(7) Apprehension goals. 
(8) Prosecutorial guidelines. 
(9) Economic impact. 
(10) Flow of commerce. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In creating the strategy de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Federal agencies described 
in such subsection shall consult private sector organiza-
tions and nongovernmental organizations with national se-
curity, privacy, agriculture, immigration, customs, trans-
portation, technology, legal, and business expertise. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment the strategy not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) EVALUATION.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall track, monitor, and evaluate such 
strategy to secure our borders to determine its efficacy. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every year there-
after for the succeeding 5 years, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit a report to the Congress 
on the results of the activities undertaken under sub-
section (a) during the previous year. Each such report 
shall include an analysis of the degree to which the border 
security strategy has been effective in securing our bor-
ders. Each such report shall include a collection and sys-
tematic analysis of data, including workload indicators, re-
lated to activities to improve and increase border security. 
SEC. 132. IMPROVED INFORMATION SHARING. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, not later 
than October 1, 2005— 
(1) integrate the IDENT and IAFIS databases; 
and 
(2) make interoperable databases used by in-
spectors in secondary inspections. 
SEC. 133. CREATION OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BOR-
DER COORDINATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 402, by redesignating paragraph 
(8) as paragraph (9) and by inserting after para-
graph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) Increasing the security of the United 
States at the ports of entry located along the north-
ern and southern borders, and improving the coordi-
nation among the agencies responsible for maintain-
ing that security.’’; and 
(2) in subtitle C, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 431. BORDER COORDINATORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Direc-
torate of Border and Transportation Security the posi-
tions of Northern Border Coordinator and Southern Bor-
der Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Secretary 
and who shall report directly to the Under Secretary for 
Border and Transportation Security. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Northern Border Co-
ordinator and the Southern Border Coordinator shall un-
dertake the following responsibilities along the northern 
and southern borders, respectively— 
‘‘(1) serve as the primary official of the Depart-
ment responsible for coordinating all Federal secu-
rity activities along the border, especially at land 
border ports of entry; 
‘‘(2) provide enhanced communication and 
data-sharing between Federal, State, local, and trib-
al agencies on law enforcement, emergency response, 
or security-related responsibilities for areas on or ad-
jacent to the borders of the United States with Can-
ada or Mexico;
‘‘(3) work to improve the communications sys-
tems within the Department to facilitate the integra-
tion of communications of matters relating to border 
security; 
‘‘(4) oversee the implementation of the perti-
nent bilateral agreement (the United States-Canada 
‘Smart Border’ Declaration applicable to the north-
ern border and the United States-Mexico Partner-
ship Agreement applicable to the southern border) to 
improve border functions, ensure security, and pro-
mote trade and tourism; 
‘‘(5) consistent with section 102, assess all land 
border ports of entry along the appropriate border 
and develop a list of infrastructure and technology 
improvement projects for submission to the Sec-
retary based on the ability of a project to fulfill im-
mediate security requirements and facilitate trade 
across the borders of the United States; and 
‘‘(6) serve as a liaison to the foreign agencies 
with responsibility for the appropriate border with 
the United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of such 
Act is amended in the table of contents by inserting after 
the item relating to section 430 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 431. Border coordinators.’’.
SEC. 134. SMART BORDER ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION. 
The President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees (as defined in section 2 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101)) informa-
tion about the ongoing progress on implementation of the 
Smart Border Accords through quarterly updates on meet-
ings of the Smart Border Working Group. 
SEC. 135. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PERIOD OF ADMIS-
SION FOR BORDER CROSSING CARD HOLD-
ERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that citizens and nationals of Mexico should be treat-
ed with parity in relation to citizens and nationals of Can-
ada in establishing the periods of time they are lawfully 
permitted to remain in the United States. 
(b) MODIFICATION
TO DOCUMENTARY REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
once section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1221 
note) is fully implemented, the period of admission for an 
alien entering the United States under a border crossing 
card shall be 6 months.
Subtitle E—Enhancing Border 
Security Programs 
SEC. 141. CREATING A MORE EFFECTIVE ENTRY-EXIT SYS-
TEM. 
(a) CREATION
OF
A US–VISIT OUTREACH OF-
FICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall create an ‘‘Office of US–VISIT Out-
reach’’ that will inform on a regular basis local bor-
der officials, residents, and businesses about develop-
ments in the US–VISIT program. Specifically, this 
office shall provide information to local border offi-
cials, residents, and businesses, and seek guidance 
from such persons and entities about, the practical 
effects to border communities of the implementation 
of US–VISIT. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(b) TASK FORCE ON INTEGRATED ENTRY AND EXIT 
SYSTEM.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that the work of the task force estab-
lished under section 3 of the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service Data Management Improvement