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(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there
is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029,
$6,168,000,000 for the following:
(1) Procurement and integration of new nonintrusive
inspection equipment and associated civil works, including
artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovative
technologies, as well as other mission support, to combat the
entry or exit of illicit narcotics at ports of entry and along
the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
(2) Air and Marine operations' upgrading and procurement of
new platforms for rapid air and marine response capabilities.
(3) Upgrades and procurement of border surveillance
technologies along the southwest, northern, and maritime
borders.
(4) Necessary expenses, including the deployment of
technology, relating to the biometric entry and exit system
under section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b).
(5) Screening persons entering or exiting the United States.
(6) Initial screenings of unaccompanied alien children (as
defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 279(g))), consistent with the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-457; 122 Stat. 5044).
(7) Enhancing border security by combating drug trafficking,
including fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, at the
southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
(8) Commemorating efforts and events related to border
security.
(b) Restrictions.--None of the funds made available under subsection
(a) may be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance towers
along the southwest border and northern border that have not been tested
and accepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver autonomous
capabilities.
(c) Definition of Autonomous.--In this section, with respect to
capabilities, the term ``autonomous'' means a system designed to apply
artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, or other
algorithms to accurately detect, identify, classify, and track items of
interest in real time such that the system can make operational
adjustments without the active engagement of personnel or continuous
human command or control.