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Union Calendar No. 364 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4567 

[Report No. 115–490] 

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 

JANUARY 9, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 6, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 

personnel enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 


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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 Personnel 

5 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 

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

11 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

12 shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

14 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding 

15 Department of Homeland Security personnel with primary 

16 duties that take place outside of the United States. 

17 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 

18 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

19 (1) A detailed summary of each type of personnel 

20 position with primary duties that take place outside 

21 of the United States and how each such position con22 tributes to the Department of Homeland Security’s 

23 counterterrorism mission. 


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1 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

2 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

3 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 

4 (3) Information related to the position-specific 

5 training received by such personnel before and during 

6 placement at a foreign location. 

7 (4) Challenges that may impede the communica8 tion of counterterrorism information between Depart9 ment personnel at foreign locations and Department 

10 entities in the United States, including technical, re11 source, and administrative challenges. 

12 (5) The status of efforts to implement the strat13 egy referred to in subsection (a). 

14 (6) The status of efforts (beginning with the sec15 ond briefing required under this section) to imple16 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 

17 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

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

19 briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall submit 

20 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House and 

21 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

22 Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effectiveness of 

23 Department of Homeland Security personnel at foreign lo24 cations. 


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

2 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

3 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

4 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 

5 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity de6 velopment and furthering the Department’s counter7 terrorism mission; 

8 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per9 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

10 States; 

11 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

12 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal personnel 

13 at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

14 (4) improve the communication of counterter15 rorism information between Department personnel at 

16 foreign locations and Department entities in the 

17 United States, including to address technical, re18 source, and administrative challenges; and 

19 (5) maintain practices to guard against counter20 espionage threats associated with Department per21 sonnel. 

22 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

23 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi24 nate on the date that is four years after the submission of 

25 the strategy referred to in such section. 


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Union Calendar No. 364 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4567 

[Report No. 115–490] 

A BILL 

To require a Department of Homeland Security 

other purposes. overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 

JANUARY 9, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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