,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ge  #aaeth 
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bbha
  ,report ,no4 #aae-abb  ,,in ,,the     
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may #b1
 #bjag ,mr4 ,vela 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4         
,richmond1 ,ms4 ,mc,sally1 ,mr4 ,correa1
 and ,ms4 ,barragn7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
,may #af1 #bjag ,reported with an       
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,may #b1 
#bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the         
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb to    
reauthorize the ,border ,enforcement    
,security ,task ,force program within   
the ,department of ,homeland ,security1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    

,border ,enforcement ,security ,task    
,force ,reauthorization ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,modified instructions  7a7 ,updated
 considerations for the establishment of
 units ,paragraph 7#b7 of section       
#dcb7;c7 of the ,homeland ,security ,act
 of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bdj7;c77 is    
amended--  7#a7 in the matter preceding 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking the      
,secretary shall consider and inserting 
the ,secretary shall apply risk-based   
criteria that takes into consideration2 
and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by      
inserting before the semicolon the      
following3 1 including threats posed by 
transnational criminal organizations2   
7#c7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
and after the semicolon2  7#d7 in       
subparagraph 7,d71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 22 and  
7#e7 by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs3  7,e7 the extent to  
which the ,,best unit would advance the 
,department's homeland and border       
security strategic priorities and       

related objectives2 and  7,f7 whether   
departmental ,joint ,task ,force        
operations as established pursuant to   
section #gjh and other joint            
cross-border initiatives would be       
enhanced1 improved1 or otherwise        
assisted by the ,,best unit to be       
established4  4  7b7 ,port security     
,subsection 7c7 of section #dcb of the  
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #bdj7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#d7 ,port security ,,best units ,a     
,,best unit established pursuant to     
paragraph 7#b7 with a port security     
nexus shall be composed of at least one 
member of each of the following3  7,a7  
,the ,coast ,guard ,investigative       
,service4  7,b7 ,the                    
geographically-responsible ,coast ,guard
 ,sector ,intelligence ,office4  4  7c7 
,updated report elements ,subsection 7e7
 of section #dcb of the ,homeland       
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#bdj7 is amended to read as follows3    

7e7 ,report ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
section and annually thereafter for the 
following five years1 the ,secretary    
shall submit to ,congress a report that 
includes the following3  7#a7 ,a        
description of the effectiveness of     
,,best in enhancing border security1    
disrupting and dismantling transnational
 criminal organizations1 and reducing   
drug trafficking1 arms smuggling1       
illegal alien trafficking and smuggling1
 violence1 and kidnapping along and     
across the international borders of the 
,united ,states1 as measured by crime   
statistics1 including violent deaths1   
incidents of violence1 and drug-related 
arrests4  7#b7 ,an assessment of how    
,,best enhances information-sharing1    
including the dissemination of homeland 
security information1 among ,federal1   
,state1 local1 tribal1 and foreign law  
enforcement agencies4  7#c7 ,a          
description of how ,,best advances the  
,department's homeland and border       

security strategic priorities and       
effectiveness of ,,best in achieving    
related objectives4  7#d7 ,an assessment
 of ,,best's joint operational efforts  
with departmental ,joint ,task ,force   
operations established pursuant to      
section #gjh and other joint            
cross-border initiatives4  4  ,may #af1 
#bjag ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed