Title: Border Tunnel Task Force Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Border Tunnel Task Force Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security to establish border tunnel task forces in jurisdictions in which such task forces can contribute to border security missions after evaluating: (1) whether the areas in which they would be established are significantly impacted by cross-border threats; and (2) the availability of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement resources to participate in such task forces.
The purpose of the task forces is to enhance and integrate border security efforts for addressing and reducing cross-border tunnel related threats and violence by facilitating collaboration among law enforcement agencies and enhancing information sharing among such agencies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6740 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6740

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish Border Tunnel 
                  Task Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2018

  Mr. Sessions (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish Border Tunnel 
                  Task Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Tunnel Task Force Act''.

SEC. 2. BORDER TUNNEL DETECTION.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 420. BORDER TUNNEL TASK FORCES.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish Border Tunnel 
Task Forces in jurisdictions in which such Border Tunnel Task Forces 
can contribute to border security missions after evaluating--
            ``(1) whether the areas in which such Border Tunnel Task 
        Forces would be established are significantly impacted by 
        cross-border threats; and
            ``(2) the availability of Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
        law enforcement resources to participate in such Border Tunnel 
        Task Forces.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Border Tunnel Task Forces under 
subsection (a) is to enhance and integrate border security efforts by 
addressing and reducing cross-border tunnel related threats and 
violence by--
            ``(1) facilitating collaboration among Federal, State, 
        local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to execute 
        coordinated activities in furtherance of border security and 
        homeland security; and
            ``(2) enhancing information-sharing, including the 
        dissemination of homeland security information, among such 
        agencies.
    ``(c) Composition and Establishment of Border Tunnel Task Forces.--
Border Tunnel Task Forces may be comprised of the following:
            ``(1) Personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
        including the U.S. Border Patrol.
            ``(2) Personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement, including Homeland Security Investigations.
            ``(3) Personnel from other Department components and 
        offices, as appropriate.
            ``(4) Personnel from other Federal, State, local, and 
        Tribal law enforcement agencies, as appropriate.
            ``(5) Other appropriate personnel at the discretion of the 
        Secretary.
    ``(d) Duplication of Efforts.--In determining whether to establish 
a new Border Tunnel Task Force or to expand an existing Border Tunnel 
Task Force in a given jurisdiction, the Secretary shall ensure that the 
Border Tunnel Task Force under consideration does not duplicate the 
efforts of other existing interagency task forces or centers within 
such jurisdiction.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 419 the following new item:

``Sec. 420. Border Tunnel Task Forces.''.
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