,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #idha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,pappas 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,tenney1 and ,mr4 ,molinaro7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish the ,northern
 ,border ,coordination ,center1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,improving     
,coordination for the ,northern ,border 
,act4  #b4 ,northern ,border            
,coordination ,center  7a7              
,establishment ,not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall establish the
 ,northern ,border ,coordination        
,center4  7b7 ,purpose ,the purpose of  
the ,center shall be to serve as the    
,department's forward deployed          
centralized coordination center for     
operations1 domain awareness1           
information sharing1 intelligence1      
training1 and stakeholder engagement    

with ,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1 local1  
and international government partners   
along the northern border of the ,united
 ,states4 ,the ,center shall be placed  
along the northern border at a location 
that is collocated with an existing     
,u4,s4 ,border ,patrol sector           
headquarters1 ,air and ,marine          
,operations branch1 and ,united ,states 
,coast ,guard air station1 and other    
facility at which ,department activities
 are carried out4  7c7 ,functions ,the  
,center shall perform the functions     
described in this subsection in addition
 to any other functions assigned by the 
,secretary4 7#a7 ,northern ,border      
,strategy ,the ,center1 in collaboration
 with relevant offices and components of
 the ,department1 shall-- 7,a7 serve as 
a coordination mechanism for operational
 components for the implementation1     
evaluation1 and updating of the         
,northern ,border ,strategy and any     
successor strategy2 and  7,b7 support   
the development of best practices and   

policies for personnel along the        
northern border to support such         
implementation4  7#b7 ,training ,the    
,center shall serve as a training       
location to support the delivery of     
training or exercises for ,department   
personnel and ,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1
 local1 and international government    
partners4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,center ,the term ,center 
means the ,northern ,border             
,coordination ,center established       
pursuant to subsection 7a74  7#b7       
,department ,the term ,department means 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security4 
7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary    
means the ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security4  7e7 ,limitation ,the ,center
 established pursuant to subsection 7a7 
shall be established separate and       
distinct from the ,secretary's          
authorities under section #gjh of the   
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #cdh74