To require the Department of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive plan to identify, deploy, and integrate emerging technologies to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States.
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Latest Action · November 13, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive plan for using new technologies to improve border security along both the U.S. northern and southern borders. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit this plan within 180 days to Congress and must address how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, radar systems, sensors, and imaging systems can be deployed to better monitor border areas between ports of entry. The plan must include cost estimates, performance metrics, assessments of current technology use by border officials, and recommendations on which outdated systems could be phased out and replaced. The bill affects U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, with no specific funding amount designated in the legislation itself, as the bill focuses on planning and strategy development rather than appropriating money.
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