S.Amdt. 44

Here is the common sense breakdown of what our elected officials are trying to do with this amendment. Ms. Cortez Masto and Mrs. Blackburn introduced this amendment, called the Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2025, to be added to the bill S. 5.

The main purpose of this amendment is to require the Department of Homeland Security to set up at least two Joint Operations Centers along the southern border of the United States.

Here is what this amendment aims to add to the bill:

• Establish Centers: Set up unified coordination centers within 6 months of the Act's enactment where law enforcement from Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies can work together.
• Centralized Operations: Provide hubs to handle communication, field operations, and joint efforts like ground, air, and sea operations.
• Target Criminal Activity: Help deter and detect crimes like illegal border crossings, terrorism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and the smuggling of weapons, drugs, and high-valued property.
• Information Sharing: Make sure Federal agencies share pertinent information with State, local, and Tribal agencies, and notify them of operations happening in their areas.
• Workforce Control: Track and coordinate the deployment of participating personnel and their training.
• Reporting to Congress: Require the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress annually on the efforts, resources, key operations, communication gaps, and recommendations regarding the Centers.