S.Amdt. 2319

1. Adds Subtitle _--Border Security Cooperation SEC. __. RECRUITMENT OF FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: Subtitle _--Border Security Cooperation SEC. __. RECRUITMENT OF FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--The Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense or a designee of the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a program to actively recruit members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who have elected to separate from active duty.

   Inserted: (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit a report on the implementation of the recruitment program established pursuant to paragraph (1) to--

   Inserted: (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: SEC. __. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSETS.

   Inserted: (a) Procurement.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall procure additional unmanned aerial vehicles, cameras, poles, sensors, and other technologies necessary to achieve operational control of the international borders of the United States and to establish a security perimeter to be known as a "virtual fence" along such international borders to provide a barrier to illegal immigration.

   Inserted: (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this subsection.

   Inserted: (b) Increased Availability of Equipment.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to use authorities provided to the Secretary of Defense under chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the availability and use of Department of Defense equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles, tethered aerostat radars, and other surveillance equipment, to assist the Secretary in carrying out surveillance activities conducted at or near the international land borders of the United States to prevent illegal immigration.

   Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to Congress that contains--

   Inserted: (1) a description of the current use of Department of Defense equipment to assist the Secretary in carrying out surveillance of the international land borders of the United States and assessment of the risks to citizens of the United States and foreign policy interests associated with the use of such equipment;

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   Inserted: (2) the plan developed under subsection (b) to increase the use of Department of Defense equipment to assist such surveillance activities; and

   Inserted: (3) a description of the types of equipment and other support to be provided by the Secretary of Defense under such plan during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the report.

   Inserted: (d) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pilot Program.--During the 1-year period beginning on the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary shall conduct a pilot program to test unmanned aerial vehicles for border surveillance along the international border between Canada and the United States.

   Inserted: (e) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed as altering or amending the prohibition on the use of any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus under section 1385 of title 18, United States Code.

   Inserted: SEC. __. REPORT ON INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE CERTAIN MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE IN UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the desirability and feasibility of offering incentives to covered members and former members of the Armed Forces for the purpose of encouraging such members to serve in United States Customs and Border Protection (referred to in this section as "CBP").

   Inserted: (b) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Covered members and former members of the armed forces.--The term "covered members and former members of the Armed Forces" means--

   Inserted: (A) members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; and

   Inserted: (B) former members of the Armed Forces who separated from service in the Armed Forces during the previous 2 years.

   Inserted: (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

   Inserted: (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

   Inserted: (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;

   Inserted: (E) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (c) Requirements and Limitations.--

   Inserted: (1) Nature of incentives.--In considering incentives for purposes of the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall consider such incentives, whether monetary or otherwise and whether or not authorized under existing law, as the Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.

   Inserted: (2) Targeting of incentives.--In assessing any incentive for purposes of such report, the Secretaries shall give particular attention to the utility of such incentive in--

   Inserted: (A) encouraging service in CBP after service in the Armed Forces by covered members and former of the Armed Forces who have provided border patrol or border security assistance to CBP as part of their duties as members of the Armed Forces; and

   Inserted: (B) leveraging military training and experience by accelerating training, or allowing credit to be applied to related areas of training, required for service with CBP.

   Inserted: (3) Payment.--In assessing incentives for purposes of the report, the Secretaries shall assume that any costs of such incentives shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security.

   Inserted: (d) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

   Inserted: (1) a description of various monetary and non-monetary incentives considered for purposes of the report;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of the desirability and feasibility of utilizing any such incentive for the purpose specified in subsection (a), including an assessment of the particular utility of such incentive in encouraging service in the CBP after service in the Armed Forces by covered members and former members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (c)(2); and

   Inserted: (3) any other matters that the Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.

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