§4314 Joint strategic plan

Summary

The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must write and send a joint strategic plan to the right congressional committees within one year after February 24, 2016, and then every 2 years. The plan is a multiyear roadmap for trade enforcement and trade facilitation. It must cover actions from the 2-year period before the report and use performance measures to show progress. It must also state goals and plans, identify priority trade issues from section 4322 with strategies (including how enforcement is targeted, recommendations, and what past recommendations have been put into place), describe steps to improve coordination among federal agencies and between CBP and ICE, summarize training done (including seminars under section 4313), describe work with the World Customs Organization and other international groups, give CBP benchmarks for staffing and wait times at ports of entry, note useful domestic and international best practices, offer any legislative suggestions, and describe work with the private sector. When making the plan, the Commissioner and the Director must consult with officials from several federal agencies, including the Departments of the Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, the Interior, Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, plus the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. They should also try to consult with foreign law enforcement, international organizations like the World Customs Organization, and private-sector parties. The plan must be submitted unclassified but may include a classified annex.