8 U.S.C. § 1778 — Vulnerability and threat assessment
submitted 21 years ago by Pub. L. 109-13 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 185 words · no verdicts yet
The Under Secretary must study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security vulnerabilities at specified border field offices and conduct follow-up studies at least every 5 years. The Under Secretary must report each study’s findings and conclusions to Congress, and Congress authorizes appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out recommendations from the first study.
(a) Study. The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, after consulting the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, must study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security weaknesses in the United States at each Bureau of Customs and Border Protection field office responsible for any part of the borders with Canada or Mexico. The Under Secretary must conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years.
(b) Report. For every study under subsection (a), the Under Secretary must send Congress a report of the findings and conclusions, together with legislative recommendations when appropriate to address security weaknesses the study finds.
(c) Funding. Congress authorizes whatever amounts may be needed for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 for the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security to carry out recommendations from the first study under subsection (a).
The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, shall study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security vulnerabilities within the United States for each field office of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that has responsibility for any portion of the United States borders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary shall conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years.
The Under Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Secretary’s findings and conclusions from each study conducted under subsection (a) together with legislative recommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security vulnerabilities found by the study.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out any such recommendations from the first study conducted under subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–13, div. B, title III, § 301, May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 316.)
- 2005Enacted · Pub. L. 109-13 · 119 Stat. 316
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