[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6025 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6025

 To provide for annual reports on the status of operational control of 
 the international land and maritime borders of the United States and 
               unlawful entries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2012

  Mrs. Miller of Michigan (for herself and Mr. Flake) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
  Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for annual reports on the status of operational control of 
 the international land and maritime borders of the United States and 
               unlawful entries, 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 ``Mandatory Operational Control 
Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF INTERNATIONAL LAND AND 
              MARITIME BORDERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, as part of the Department of Homeland Security's Annual 
Performance Report, an annual report on the number of miles of the 
international land and maritime border between the United States and 
Canada and the United States and Mexico that are under operational 
control of the Department, cumulatively and by sector.
    (b) Terminology and Methodology.--Except as provided in subsection 
(c), for purposes of consistent usage of terminology and methodology in 
the annual reports required under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall use the methodology used to measure such 
operational control in accordance with the Department's Annual 
Performance Reports for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
    (c) Alternate Terminology and Methodology.--The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall use the terminology and methodology described 
in subsection (b) until such time as an alternate terminology and 
methodology is--
            (1) required by an Act of Congress; or
            (2) certified as suitable and statistically valid by a 
        Department of Energy National Laboratory with prior expertise 
        in border security.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS ON UNLAWFUL ENTRIES.

    (a) Border Security Performance Measures.--The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, as part of the Department of 
Homeland Security's Annual Performance Report, an annual report on the 
estimated number of individuals who unlawfully enter the United States 
on an annual basis, the estimated number of individuals unlawfully 
present in the United States as of the date of each such report, and 
the number of individuals unlawfully present in the United States who 
voluntarily exited the United States in the preceding year.
    (b) Methodology.--In formulating the estimates and numbers required 
in the reports under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall use all available sources of data to determine the following:
            (1) The estimated number of unlawful entries between ports 
        of entry along the international land and maritime borders of 
        the United States.
            (2) The estimated number of unlawful entries at ports of 
        entry along the international land and maritime borders of the 
        United States.
            (3) An estimate of the rate of apprehensions at and between 
        ports of entry along the international land and maritime 
        borders of the United States.
            (4) The estimated number of visa overstays.
            (5) The estimated number of voluntary departures.
            (6) The number of deportations.
            (7) The number of individuals unlawfully present in the 
        United States who have had their status adjusted and are now 
        lawfully present in the United States.
    (c) Independent Evaluation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall make available to the Government Accountability Office the data 
and methodology used to compile the statistics used in subsection (b) 
to ensure the suitability and statistical validity of such data and 
methodology.
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