1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Our border security is directly tied to our national security. (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces a daunting challenge in maintaining situational awareness along the United States northern and southern borders. (3) The United States northern border is the longest common non-militarized border between two countries. (4) The United States southern border is nearly 2,000 miles long, stretching across rugged and varied terrain. (5) Emerging technologies present an opportunity to reduce current strains on manpower while improving situational awareness along the northern and southern borders. (6) U.S. Customs and Border Protection is currently testing a number of emerging technology programs that will help improve situational awareness along the northern and southern borders. (7) Successfully integrating these technologies into a layered border defense requires a strategic plan for transitioning new programs from the testing and development stage to wide-scale implementation along both the northern and southern borders. 3. Comprehensive plan to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to identify, deploy, and integrate emerging and advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and LIDAR sensors, imaging, identification, and categorization systems, and other similar emerging and advanced technologies, to achieve greater situational