[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S95-S96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 13. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States 
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:


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       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 4. RESPONDING TO INCREASING ACTIVITY ALONG THE NORTHEN 
                   BORDER.

       (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (5) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (6) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (b) In General.--In response to increasing activity along 
     the northern United States border, the Commissioner for U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection shall--
       (1) update the Northern Border Strategy Implementation Plan 
     to address staffing levels and telecommunications challenges;
       (2) review the table of operations with respect to the 
     northern border; and
       (3) provide a brief to the appropriate congressional 
     committees regarding northern border operations, which shall 
     include information regarding--
       (A) staffing levels at each U.S. Border Patrol sector along 
     the northern border;
       (B) border security technology requirements and investments 
     made and planned, including the use of autonomous systems; 
     and
       (C) challenges for telecommunications and signal 
     transmission posed by mountainous areas along the northern 
     border.
       (c) Technology Needs Report.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner for 
     U.S. Border Protection shall--
       (1) complete an assessment of the border security 
     technology needs across the northern border; and
       (2) submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that identifies such needs and sets forth a plan 
     to address such needs.
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