H.R. 2281 · 115th Congress
Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
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- House Introduced May 2, 2017
- House Passed May 17, 2017
Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · May 17, 2017
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 16, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), before establishing a Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) unit, to apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration specified factors, including:
- whether the area in which the unit would be established is significantly impacted by threats posed by transnational criminal organizations;
- the extent to which the unit would advance DHS's homeland and border security strategic priorities and related objectives; and
- whether departmental Joint Task Force operations would be enhanced, improved, or otherwise assisted by the unit.
A BEST unit with a port security nexus must be composed of at least one member of each of: (1) the Coast Guard Investigative Service, and (2) the geographically-responsible Coast Guard Sector Intelligence Office.
The bill requires DHS to submit an annual report on the BEST program for the next five years, and such report must include:
- a description of the effectiveness of BEST in disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations;
- an assessment of how BEST enhances information-sharing, including the dissemination of homeland security information, among federal, state, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies;
- a description of how BEST advances DHS's homeland and border security strategic priorities and effectiveness of BEST in achieving related objectives; and
- an assessment of BEST's joint operational efforts with departmental Joint Task Force operations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
Latest action (May 18, 2017): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: May 2, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced May 2, 2017
- House Passed May 17, 2017
No recorded floor vote found.