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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4567 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 

enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2017 

Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. VELA, 

and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

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 three-year strategy required 

9 under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 

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1 retary of Homeland Security shall brief the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

3 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

4 Affairs of the Senate regarding Department of Homeland 

5 Security personnel with primary duties that take place 

6 outside of the United States. 

7 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 

8 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

9 (1) A detailed summary of each type of per10 sonnel position with primary duties that take place 

11 outside of the United States and how each such po12 sition contributes to the Department of Homeland 

13 Security’s counterterrorism mission. 

14 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

15 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

16 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 

17 (3) Information related to the position-specific 

18 training received by such personnel before and dur19 ing placement at a foreign location. 

20 (4) Challenges that may impede the commu21 nication of counterterrorism information between 

22 Department personnel at foreign locations and De23 partment entities in the United States, including 

24 technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 


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1 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

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

3 briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall sub4 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

5 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern6 mental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec7 tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel 

8 at foreign locations. 

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

10 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

11 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

12 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 

13 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 

14 development and furthering the Department’s 

15 counterterrorism mission; 

16 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per17 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

18 States; 

19 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

20 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per21 sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

22 and 

23 (4) improve the communication of counterter24 rorism information between Department personnel 

25 at foreign locations and Department entities in the 


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1 United States, including to address technical, re2 source, and administrative challenges. 

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