In the Senate of the United States, 

July 25, 2019. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 504) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland 

Security to develop an engagement strategy with fusion centers, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Field Engagement 

3 Accountability Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 

5 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 

7 (1) redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as sub8 sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

9 (2) inserting after subsection (i) the following: 
2 

† HR 504 EAS 

1 ‘‘(j) FUSION CENTER INFORMATION SHARING STRAT2 EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

3 of the DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, and not 

4 less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Sec5 retary shall develop or update a strategy for Department 

6 engagement with fusion centers. Such strategy shall be de7 veloped and updated in consultation with the heads of intel8 ligence components of the Department, the Chief Privacy 

9 Officer, the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, offi10 cials of fusion centers, officers designated as Homeland Se11 curity Advisors, and the heads of other relevant agencies, 

12 as appropriate. Such strategy shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing in14 formation and engaging with fusion centers— 

15 ‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per16 sonnel from intelligence components of the De17 partment; 

18 ‘‘(B) through the use of Department unclas19 sified and classified information sharing sys20 tems, including the Homeland Security Informa21 tion Network and the Homeland Secure Data 

22 Network, or any successor systems; and 

23 ‘‘(C) through any additional means. 
3 

† HR 504 EAS 

1 ‘‘(2) The performance metrics to be used to meas2 ure success in achieving the goals and objectives re3 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(3) A 5-year plan for continued engagement 

5 with fusion centers.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 

7 PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 

8 (a) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—Not later than 180 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

10 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall— 

11 (1) consider the effectiveness of existing processes 

12 to identify and prepare field personnel for deployment 

13 to support fusion centers and internal mechanisms to 

14 ensure oversight and accountability of such field per15 sonnel, including field personnel assigned to one cen16 ter and field personnel assigned to multiple centers; 

17 and 

18 (2) publish and disseminate performance 

19 metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 

20 and threat diversity, for— 

21 (A) field personnel from the Office of Intel22 ligence and Analysis assigned to an individual 

23 fusion center; 
4 

† HR 504 EAS 

1 (B) field personnel from the Office of Intel2 ligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fusion 

3 centers; and 

4 (C) Regional Directors of the Office of Intel5 ligence and Analysis to ensure accountability for 

6 monitoring all field personnel under the super7 vision of such Regional Directors. 

8 (b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor9 mation Officer, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 

10 Analysis shall develop and implement a formalized training 

11 module for fusion center personnel regarding the classified 

12 Homeland Secure Data Network, or any successor system. 

13 (c) FUSION CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, the 

14 term ‘‘fusion center’’ has the meaning given such term in 

15 section 210A(k) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 

16 so redesignated by section 2. 

17 SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU18 RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Of21 ficer, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Intel22 ligence and Analysis, and in accordance with the functions 

23 and responsibilities assigned to the Under Secretary under 

24 title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

25 121 et seq.), shall— 
5 

† HR 504 EAS 

1 (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec2 tive use by components of the Department of the un3 classified Homeland Security Information Network 

4 (referred to in this section as ‘‘HSIN’’), or any suc5 cessor system; and 

6 (2) develop policies for posting unclassified prod7 ucts on HSIN, or any successor system. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Informa9 tion Officer, in consultation with the Chief Intelligence Offi10 cer, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, technical 

11 enhancements to HSIN to improve usability, including 

12 search functionality, data analysis, and collaboration capa13 bilities. 

14 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

15 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

17 submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Select Com19 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committee on 

20 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and 

21 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 House of Representatives that describes the implementation 

23 of— 

24 (1) the fusion center information sharing strat25 egy required under section 210A(j) of the Homeland 
6 

† HR 504 EAS 

1 Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, based on 

2 performance metrics developed pursuant to such strat3 egy; 

4 (2) the deployment of field personnel to fusion 

5 centers (as such term is defined in section 210A of the 

6 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)), in 

7 accordance with section 3, based on performance 

8 metrics developed pursuant to such section; and 

9 (3) policies that seek to ensure the effective use 

10 of the Homeland Security Information Network, in 

11 accordance with section 4, based on the metrics devel12 oped pursuant to such section. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 504 

AMENDMENT