,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjag,mrs4 ,mc,caskill introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,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 ,section #dcb7;c77#b7 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 shall consider and    
inserting shall apply risk-based        
criteria that takes into consideration2 

7#b7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting 
1 including threats posed by            
transnational criminal organizations    
before the semicolon at the end2  7#c7  
in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking and at
 the end2  7#d7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting a semicolon2 and  7#e7 by     
adding at the end the following3  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 established pursuant  
to section #gjh and other joint         
cross-border initiatives would be       
enhanced1 improved1 or otherwise        
assisted by the ,,best unit4  4  7b7    
,port security ,section #dcb7;c7 of the 
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb1 as   
amended by subsection 7a71 is further   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  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 #a 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 ,section       
#dcb7;e7 of the ,homeland ,security ,act
 of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bdj7;e77 is    
amended to read as follows3  7e7 ,report
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this           
subsection1 and annually thereafter for 
the following #e years1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to ,congress a report that 
includes--  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 
arrests2  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 agencies2  7#c7 a           
description of how ,,best advances the  
,department's homeland and border       
security strategic priorities and       
effectiveness of ,,best in achieving    
related objectives2 and  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