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 Paragraph (2) of section 432(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 240(c) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking the Secretary shall consider and inserting the Secretary shall apply risk-based criteria that takes into consideration ; (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , including threats posed by transnational criminal organizations ; (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking and after the semicolon; (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) the extent to which the BEST unit would advance the Department’s homeland and border security strategic priorities and related objectives