S.Amdt. 3217

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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