<p><strong>Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, integrate, and deploy emerging and innovative technologies to improve border security operations.

Such technologies may incorporate artificial intelligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and LIDAR sensors, and imaging, identification, and categorization systems.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill authorizes CBP to establish one or more Innovation Teams to research and adapt commercial technologies that may be used by CBP.</p><p>The plan must describe how the Innovation Teams have been implemented and also detail</p><ul><li>goals and timelines for adoption of qualifying technologies,</li><li>metrics and key performance parameters for determining the plan's effectiveness,</li><li>which technologies used by other federal agencies CBP may also utilize,</li><li>which existing authorities CBP may use to procure technologies,</li><li>how CBP legacy border technology programs may be replaced,</li><li>the expected privacy and security impact of security-related technology on border communities, and</li><li>recent technological advancements in specified technologies.</li></ul><p>CBP must provide the plan to Congress within 180 days of the bill’s enactment.&nbsp;The bill also requires CBP to annually report to Congress regarding the activities of the Innovation Teams.</p>