; (E) increases and upgrades facilities to the extent necessary to accommodate personnel and asset needs, including horse patrol facilities; and (F) performs any maintenance and care that may be necessary to preserve the operational capability of all mountainous, high desert, and backcountry assets, including technology assets, vehicles, forward operating bases, and horse patrol facilities. (b) Requirements In carrying out subsection (a), the Commissioner shall— (1) consult with agents in the field; and (2) prioritize the deployment of such technology based on the needs of remote stations and forward operating bases in rural or remote areas near the international border between the United States and Mexico. 4. Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the implementation of section 3, including— (1) the assets deployed in rural or remote areas near the international border between the United States and Mexico; and (2) the expenditures incurred to acquire and deploy such assets. 5. Agent Mobility Demonstration Program (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program in the El Paso Sector, to be known as the Agent Mobility Program , under which agents assigned within the El Paso Sector may laterally transfer to a designated, hard-to-fill station within the El Paso Sector for a period of at least 3 years. (b) Completion of service Any agent who completes 3 years of service at a hard-to-fill station to which he or she transferred under the program established under paragraph (1)— (1) shall be presented to the selecting officer as a preferred agent