1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017 . 2. Modified instructions (a) Updated considerations for the establishment of units Section 432(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 240(c) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking shall consider and inserting shall apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration ; (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including threats posed by transnational criminal organizations before the semicolon at the end; (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (E) the extent to which the BEST unit would advance the Department’s homeland and border security strategic priorities and related objectives