Summary: H.R.8230 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)

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Introduced in House (09/11/2020)

Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress a plan to identify and deploy emerging and advanced technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence, automation, and optical radar) to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern U.S. borders between ports of entry. The report shall contain information including assessments of (1) how Customs and Border Protection is currently using such technologies, (2) how such technologies can address border security capability gaps, and (3) the cost of acquiring such technologies.