[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 126 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5793-S5794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3217. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1035. SPECIAL INTEREST ALIEN ENCOUNTERS BY U.S. CUSTOMS 
                   AND BORDER PROTECTION.

       (a) Annual Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the 
     following 3 years, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that 
     identifies, with respect to the applicable reporting period--
       (1) any changes to the definition for a special interest 
     alien encounter during the reporting period;
       (2) what factors would lead to an encounter being 
     designated as a special interest alien encounter;
       (3) the underlying targeting criteria, methodology, and 
     rationale for the determination of each of the factors 
     referred to in paragraph (2);
       (4) the internal Department of Homeland Security review 
     process for updating the factors referred to in paragraph 
     (2);
       (5) how the designation of a special interest alien 
     encounter differs from the definition of an encounter with a 
     known or suspected terrorist;
       (6) the policies, procedures, and tools the Department of 
     Homeland Security has implemented to address the underlying 
     threats addressed through special interest alien encounters;
       (7) the number of individuals screened in special interest 
     alien encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     disaggregated by component;
       (8) the number of such individuals for whom no derogatory 
     information was identified who--
       (A) are being detained by the Department of Homeland 
     Security;
       (B) have been transferred to, or are being monitored by, 
     another agency of the Federal Government;
       (C) have been released from detention with reporting 
     requirements by the Department of Homeland Security; or
       (D) were removed from the United States;
       (9) the number of individuals screened in special interest 
     alien encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 
     whom derogatory information was identified, disaggregated by 
     the type of derogatory information, who--
       (A) are being detained by the Department of Homeland 
     Security;
       (B) have been transferred to, or are being monitored by, 
     another agency of the Federal Government;
       (C) have been released from detention with reporting 
     requirements by the Department of Homeland Security;
       (D) have been released from detention without reporting 
     requirements by the Department of Homeland Security; or
       (E) were removed from the United States.
       (b) Plan.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall submit a plan to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives for 
     posting, on a publicly accessible website of the Department 
     of Homeland Security, information regarding the number of 
     individuals screened in special interest alien encounters by 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including how the 
     Department will provide the public with information 
     regarding--
       (1) the definition of special interest alien encounter;
       (2) the number of individuals screened in special interest 
     alien encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     disaggregated by component; and
       (3) the number of such individuals for whom derogatory 
     information was identified who--
       (A) are being detained by the Department of Homeland 
     Security;
       (B) have been transferred to, or are being monitored by, 
     another agency of the Federal Government;
       (C) have been released from detention with reporting 
     requirements by the Department of Homeland Security;
       (D) have been released from detention without reporting 
     requirements by the Department of Homeland Security; or
       (E) were removed from the United States.
       (c) Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after 
     submitting the plan to Congress pursuant to subsection (b), 
     the Department of Homeland Security shall implement such 
     plan.
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