,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gea  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#fgdb  ,report ,no4 #aae-ifc1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,september #g1 #bjah 
,mr4 ,mast 7for himself and ,mr4        
,mc,caul7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,homeland ,security1 and in addition to
 the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,september #be1    
#bjah ,reported from the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security  ,september #be1    
#bjah;,committee on ,ways and ,means    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland        
,security ,act of #bjjb to ensure that  
appropriate officers and agents of      
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 

are equipped with secure radios or other
 two-way communication devices1         
supported by system interoperability1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,secure ,border ,communications ,act4   
#b4 ,secure border communications  7a7  
,in general ,subtitle ,b of title ,,iv  
of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb
 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #baa et seq47 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #dbj4 ,secure border          
communications  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,secretary shall ensure that each ,u4,s4
 ,customs and ,border ,protection       
officer or agent1 if appropriate1 is    
equipped with a secure radio or other   
two-way communication device1 supported 
by system interoperability1 that allows 
each such officer or agent to           
communicate--  7#a7 between ports of    
entry and inspection stations2 and  7#b7
 with other ,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1  
and local law enforcement entities4  7b7
 ,u4,s4 ,border ,patrol agents ,the     

,secretary shall ensure that each ,u4,s4
 ,border ,patrol agent assigned or      
required to patrol in remote mission    
critical locations1 and at border       
checkpoints1 has a multi- or dual-band  
encrypted portable radio4  7c7          
,commercial mobile broadband            
connectivity ,in carrying out subsection
 7b71 the ,secretary shall acquire      
radios or other devices with the option 
to connect to appropriate commercial    
mobile broadband networks for deployment
 in areas where such networks enhance   
operations and are cost effective4  7d7 
,emerging communications technologies   
considered ,in carrying out this        
section1 the ,secretary may evaluate new
 or emerging communications technologies
 to determine their suitability for the 
unique conditions of border security    
operations4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment 
,the table of contents in section #a7;b7
 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of     
#bjjb is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section #dai the       

following new item3  ,sec4 #dbj4 ,secure
 border communications4  4  ,september  
#be1 #bjah ,reported from the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security,september #be1  
#bjah;,committee on ,ways and ,means    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed