§245 — Title 6 Domestic Security | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Homeland Security must, not later than 18 months after December 23, 2022, create a secure, central system so Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard can share data in real time or near real time for watching and enforcing U.S. maritime borders, including the northern and southern continental U.S. and Alaska. This must be done in line with the ongoing DHS and Department of Defense Integrated Multi-Domain Enterprise effort. The system must focus first on areas with the most enforcement activity and must let agencies share government sensor and surveillance data no matter who owns the equipment. The CBP Commissioner and the Coast Guard Commandant must together decide what kinds and quality of data are needed (for example, video, seismic, infrared, or satellite data), set rules for who can access the system, and agree on how to split long-term operating and maintenance costs. By 2 years after December 23, 2022, the Secretary must report to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; and the House Homeland Security Committee. The system must not allow sharing personal information in ways that break federal or state law.

Title 6, §245

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(a)Not later than 18 months after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall, consistent with the ongoing Integrated Multi-Domain Enterprise joint effort by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, establish a secure, centralized capability to allow real-time, or near real-time, data and information sharing between Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard for purposes of maritime boundary domain awareness and enforcement activities along the maritime boundaries of the United States, including the maritime boundaries in the northern and southern continental United States and Alaska.

(b)In establishing the capability under subsection (a), the Secretary shall prioritize enforcement areas experiencing the highest levels of enforcement activity.

(c)The capability established under subsection (a) shall be sufficient for the secure sharing of data, information, and surveillance necessary for operational missions, including data from governmental assets, irrespective of whether an asset located in or around mission operation areas belongs to the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, or any other partner agency.

(d)The Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection and the Commandant shall jointly—

(1)assess and delineate the types of data and quality of data sharing needed to meet the respective operational missions of Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard, including video surveillance, seismic sensors, infrared detection, space-based remote sensing, and any other data or information necessary;

(2)develop appropriate requirements and processes for the credentialing of personnel of Customs and Border Protection and personnel of the Coast Guard to access and use the capability established under subsection (a); and

(3)establish a cost-sharing agreement for the long-term operation and maintenance of the capability and the assets that provide data to the capability.

(e)Not later than 2 years after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the establishment of the capability under this section.

(f)Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, or any other partner agency to acquire, share, or transfer personal information relating to an individual in violation of any Federal or State law or regulation.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Rule of

Construction

Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, § 11003, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4003, provided that: “(a) In General.—Nothing in this division [div. K (§§ 11001–11808) of Pub. L. 117–263, see Tables for classification] may be construed—“(1) to satisfy any requirement for government-to-government consultation with Tribal governments; or “(2) to affect or modify any treaty or other right of any Tribal government. “(b) Tribal Government Defined.—In this section, the term ‘Tribal government’ means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022] pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).” Definitions For definitions of “Secretary” and “Commandant” as referred to in this section, see section 11002 of div. K of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 106 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

§245 Operational data sharing capability