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Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1778 Vulnerability and Threat Assessment

Title 8 › CHAPTER 15 — ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 1778

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security must study what technology, equipment, and staff each Customs and Border Protection field office needs to fix security weaknesses at any part of the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary must work with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and repeat the study at least once every 5 years. The Under Secretary must send a report to Congress with the study’s findings and any suggested laws. Money may be appropriated to the DHS Directorate of Border and Transportation Security as needed for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out recommendations from the first study.

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Title 8, §1778

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(a)Study
The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, shall study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security vulnerabilities within the United States for each field office of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that has responsibility for any portion of the United States borders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary shall conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years.
(b)Report to Congress
The Under Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Secretary’s findings and conclusions from each study conducted under subsection (a) together with legislative recommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security vulnerabilities found by the study.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out any such recommendations from the first study conducted under subsection (a).

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and also as part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, and not as part of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

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8 U.S.C. § 1778

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110