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Calendar No. 548 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4567 

[Report No. 115–308] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2018 

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

Governmental Affairs 

JULY 30, 2018 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 

personnel enhancement plan, 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 Overseas Per5 sonnel Enhancement Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub8 mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required 


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1 under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 

2 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 

3 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home6 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re7 garding Department of Homeland Security personnel with 

8 primary duties that take place outside of the United 

9 States. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 

11 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

12 (1) A detailed summary of each type of per13 sonnel position with primary duties that take place 

14 outside of the United States and how each such po15 sition contributes to the Department of Homeland 

16 Security’s counterterrorism mission. 

17 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

18 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

19 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 

20 (3) Information related to the position-specific 

21 training received by such personnel before and dur22 ing placement at a foreign location. 

23 (4) Challenges that may impede the commu24 nication of counterterrorism information between 

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1 partment entities in the United States, including 

2 technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 

3 (5) The status of efforts to implement the 

4 strategy referred to in subsection (a). 

5 (6) The status of efforts (beginning with the 

6 second briefing required under this section) to imple7 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 

8 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

10 briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall sub11 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

12 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern13 mental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec14 tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel 

15 at foreign locations. 

16 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan referred to in 

17 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

18 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

19 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 

20 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 

21 development and furthering the Department’s 

22 counterterrorism mission; 

23 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per24 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

25 States; 


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1 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

2 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per3 sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

4 (4) improve the communication of counterter5 rorism information between Department personnel 

6 at foreign locations and Department entities in the 

7 United States, including to address technical, re8 source, and administrative challenges; and 

9 (5) maintain practices to guard against 

10 counter-espionage threats associated with Depart11 ment personnel. 

12 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

13 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi14 nate on the date that is 4 years after the submission of 

15 the strategy referred to in such section. 


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Calendar No. 548 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4567 

[Report No. 115–308] 

AN ACT 

To require a Department of Homeland Security 

other purposes. overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 

JULY 30, 2018 

Reported without amendment 


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