S. 1864 — what changed
Department of Homeland Security Border Security Metrics Act of 2015
From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.
Sec. 8 Evaluation by the government accountability office and the secretary of homeland security
Metrics report—
Mandatory disclosures— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an annual report containing the metrics required under sections 3 through 6 and the data and methodology used to develop such metrics to—
the appropriate congressional committees; and
the Comptroller General of the United States.
Permissible disclosures— The Secretary of Homeland Security, for the purpose of validation and verification, may submit the annual report described in paragraph (1) to—
the National Center for Border Security and Immigration;
the head of a national laboratory within the Department of Homeland Security laboratory network with prior expertise in border security; and
a Federally Funded Research and Development Center sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security.
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GAO report— Not later than 270 days after receiving the first report under subsection (a)(1), and biannually biennially thereafter for the following 10 years, the Comptroller General of the United States, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—
analyzes the suitability and statistical validity of the data and methodology contained in such report; and
includes recommendations to Congress on—
the feasibility of other suitable metrics that may be used to measure the effectiveness of border security; and
improvements that need to be made to the metrics being used to measure the effectiveness of border security.
State of the border report— Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a “State of the Border” report to the appropriate congressional committees that—
provides trends for each metric under sections 3 through 6 for the last 10 years, to the extent possible;
provides selected analysis into related aspects of illegal flow rates, including legal flows and stock estimation techniques; and
includes any other information that the Secretary determines appropriate.
Metrics update—
In general— After submitting the final report to the Comptroller General under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may reevaluate and update any of the metrics required under sections 3 through 6 to ensure that such metrics—
meet the Department of Homeland Security’s performance management needs; and
are suitable to measure the effectiveness of border security.
Congressional notification— Not later than 30 days before updating the metrics under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such updates.