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Calendar No. 47 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 504 

[Report No. 116–16] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 29, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

MARCH 25, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Field Engage5 ment Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 

2 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

3 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 

4 (1) redesigning subsections (j) and (k) as sub5 sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

6 (2) inserting after subsection (i) the following 

7 new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(j) FUSION CENTER INFORMATION SHARING

9 STRATEGY.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

10 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop 

11 and update at least once every five years a strategy for 

12 Department engagement with fusion centers. Such strat13 egy shall be developed and updated in consultation with 

14 the heads of intelligence components of the Department, 

15 the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, the Officer 

16 for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department, of17 ficials of fusion centers, officers designated as Homeland 

18 Security Advisors, and the heads of other relevant agen19 cies, as appropriate. Such strategy shall include the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing 

22 information and engaging with fusion centers— 

23 ‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per24 sonnel from intelligence components of the De25 partment; 


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1 ‘‘(B) through the use of Department un2 classified and classified information sharing 

3 systems, including the Homeland Security In4 formation Sharing Network and the Homeland 

5 Secure Data Network, or any successor sys6 tems; and 

7 ‘‘(C) through any additional means. 

8 ‘‘(2) The performance metrics to be used to 

9 measure success in achieving the goals and objec10 tives referred to in paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(3) A five-year plan for continued engagement 

12 with fusion centers.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 

14 PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 

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

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

17 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 

18 of Homeland Security shall— 

19 (1) consider the effectiveness of existing proc20 esses to identify and prepare field personnel for de21 ployment to support fusion centers and internal 

22 mechanisms to ensure oversight and accountability 

23 of such field personnel, including field personnel as24 signed to one center and field personnel assigned to 

25 multiple centers; and 


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1 (2) publish and disseminate performance 

2 metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 

3 and threat diversity, for— 

4 (A) field personnel from the Office of In5 telligence and Analysis assigned to an indi6 vidual fusion center; 

7 (B) field personnel from the Office of In8 telligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fu9 sion centers; and 

10 (C) regional Directors of the Office of In11 telligence and Analysis to ensure accountability 

12 for monitoring all field personnel under the su13 pervision of such Regional Directors. 

14 (b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor15 mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 

16 the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 

17 Department shall develop and implement a formalized 

18 training module for fusion center personnel regarding the 

19 classified Homeland Secure Data Network of the Depart20 ment, or any successor system. 

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

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

23 section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

24 U.S.C. 124h). 


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1 SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU2 RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

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

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Intelligence 

5 Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, in con6 sultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart7 ment, shall— 

8 (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec9 tive use by components of the Department of the 

10 Department’s unclassified Homeland Security Infor11 mation Sharing Network, or any successor system; 

12 and 

13 (2) develop policies for posting unclassified 

14 products on the Homeland Security Information 

15 Sharing Network, or any successor system. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Infor17 mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 

18 in consultation with the Chief Intelligence Officer of the 

19 Department, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, 

20 technical enhancements to the Homeland Security Infor21 mation Sharing Network (HSIN) to improve usability, in22 cluding search functionality, data analysis, and collabora23 tion capabilities. 

24 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

25 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact26 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 


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1 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

2 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

3 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu4 rity and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee 

5 on Intelligence of the Senate a report on the implementa6 tion of the following: 

7 (1) The fusion center information sharing strat8 egy required under subsection (j) of section 210A of 

9 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

10 124h), as added by section 2 of this Act, based on 

11 performance metrics developed pursuant to such 

12 strategy. 

13 (2) Field personnel deployed to fusion centers 

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

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

16 accordance with section 3, based on performance 

17 metrics developed pursuant to such section. 

18 (3) Policies that seek to ensure the effective use 

19 of the Homeland Security Information Sharing Net20 work in accordance with section 4, based on the 

21 metrics developed pursuant to such section. 

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

24 Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 

2 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

3 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 

4 (1) redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as sub5 sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

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

7 ‘‘(j) FUSION CENTER INFORMATION SHARING STRAT8 EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

9 of the DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, and not 

10 less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Sec11 retary shall develop or update a strategy for Department 

12 engagement with fusion centers. Such strategy shall be de13 veloped and updated in consultation with the heads of intel14 ligence components of the Department, the Chief Privacy 

15 Officer, the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, offi16 cials of fusion centers, officers designated as Homeland Se17 curity Advisors, and the heads of other relevant agencies, 

18 as appropriate. Such strategy shall include the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing in20 formation and engaging with fusion centers— 

21 ‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per22 sonnel from intelligence components of the De23 partment; 

24 ‘‘(B) through the use of Department unclas25 sified and classified information sharing sys26 tems, including the Homeland Security InformaVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:37 Mar 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H504.RS H504

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1 tion Network and the Homeland Secure Data 

2 Network, or any successor systems; and 

3 ‘‘(C) through any additional means. 

4 ‘‘(2) The performance metrics to be used to meas5 ure success in achieving the goals and objectives re6 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

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

8 with fusion centers.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 

10 PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 

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

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

13 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall— 

14 (1) consider the effectiveness of existing processes 

15 to identify and prepare field personnel for deployment 

16 to support fusion centers and internal mechanisms to 

17 ensure oversight and accountability of such field per18 sonnel, including field personnel assigned to one cen19 ter and field personnel assigned to multiple centers; 

20 and 

21 (2) publish and disseminate performance 

22 metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 

23 and threat diversity, for— 


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1 (A) field personnel from the Office of Intel2 ligence and Analysis assigned to an individual 

3 fusion center; 

4 (B) field personnel from the Office of Intel5 ligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fusion 

6 centers; and 

7 (C) Regional Directors of the Office of Intel8 ligence and Analysis to ensure accountability for 

9 monitoring all field personnel under the super10 vision of such Regional Directors. 

11 (b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor12 mation Officer, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 

13 Analysis shall develop and implement a formalized training 

14 module for fusion center personnel regarding the classified 

15 Homeland Secure Data Network, or any successor system. 

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

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

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

19 so redesignated by section 2. 

20 SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU21 RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Of24 ficer, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Intel25 ligence and Analysis, and in accordance with the functions 


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1 and responsibilities assigned to the Under Secretary under 

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

3 121 et seq.), shall— 

4 (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec5 tive use by components of the Department of the un6 classified Homeland Security Information Network 

7 (referred to in this section as ‘‘HSIN’’), or any suc8 cessor system; and 

9 (2) develop policies for posting unclassified prod10 ucts on HSIN, or any successor system. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Informa12 tion Officer, in consultation with the Chief Intelligence Offi13 cer, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, technical 

14 enhancements to HSIN to improve usability, including 

15 search functionality, data analysis, and collaboration capa16 bilities. 

17 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

18 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

20 submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 

21 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Select Com22 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and 

24 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 


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1 House of Representatives that describes the implementation 

2 of— 

3 (1) the fusion center information sharing strat4 egy required under section 210A(j) of the Homeland 

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

6 performance metrics developed pursuant to such strat7 egy; 

8 (2) the deployment of field personnel to fusion 

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

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

11 accordance with section 3, based on performance 

12 metrics developed pursuant to such section; and 

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

14 of the Homeland Security Information Network, in 

15 accordance with section 4, based on the metrics devel16 oped pursuant to such section. 


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Calendar No. 47 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 504 

[Report No. 116–16] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

ters, and for other purposes. develop an engagement strategy with fusion cenrequire the Department of Homeland Security to 

MARCH 25, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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