Reporting requirements

(a) Semiannual reports Not later than 180 days after the hiring of the first positions described in section 411(g)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, and every 180 days thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations, shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that identifies— (1) the number of Image Technician 1 and Image Technician 2 positions filled during the reporting period; (2) the number of Image Technician 1 and Image Technician 2 positions currently employed by the Office of Field Operations, disaggregated by— (A) port of entry or field office; (B) image technician position; and (C) command center, as applicable; (3) the daily average number of images scanned by each Image Technician 1 and each Image Technician 2; (4) training methodologies utilized to train image technicians; (5) assessment passage rates of image technicians; (6) the impact of image technicians on interdiction rates at ports of entry and international rail crossings at which image technicians are stationed or from which image technicians review images, including— (A) throughput increases or decreases at such ports of entry and international rail crossings; (B) increases or decreases in waiting times at such ports of entry and international rail crossings; (C) average wait times at such ports of entry and international rail crossings; and (D) increases or decreases of seizures of contraband, persons seeking to unlawfully enter or exit the United States, or illicitly concealed merchandise, such as illicit drugs or terrorist weapons, broken down by type of seizure and port of entry or international rail crossing; (7) the impact of image technicians on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s capability to review non-intrusive inspection images of conveyances and containers entering or exiting the United States through a land, sea, or air port of entry or international rail crossing; (8) an assessment of the effectiveness with which image technicians carry out the duties described in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) of section 411(g)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2(a), compared to any U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who are assigned such duties. (9) the progress made in establishing command centers under the pilot program established by such section; (10) any infrastructure or resource needs required to establish such command centers; and (11) the ports of entry and international rail crossing, as applicable, that are supported by such a command center. (b) Biannual briefings The Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations shall provide biannual briefings to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives regarding the information described in the latest report submitted pursuant to subsection (a).