IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4567 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2018 

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

Governmental Affairs 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Overseas Per3 sonnel Enhancement Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub6 mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required 

7 under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 

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

9 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

10 shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home12 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re13 garding Department of Homeland Security personnel with 

14 primary duties that take place outside of the United 

15 States. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 

17 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

18 (1) A detailed summary of each type of per19 sonnel position with primary duties that take place 

20 outside of the United States and how each such po21 sition contributes to the Department of Homeland 

22 Security’s counterterrorism mission. 

23 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

24 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

25 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 


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1 (3) Information related to the position-specific 

2 training received by such personnel before and dur3 ing placement at a foreign location. 

4 (4) Challenges that may impede the commu5 nication of counterterrorism information between 

6 Department personnel at foreign locations and De7 partment entities in the United States, including 

8 technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 

9 (5) The status of efforts to implement the 

10 strategy referred to in subsection (a). 

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

12 second briefing required under this section) to imple13 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 

14 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

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

16 briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall sub17 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

18 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern19 mental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec20 tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel 

21 at foreign locations. 

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

23 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

24 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

25 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 


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1 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 

2 development and furthering the Department’s 

3 counterterrorism mission; 

4 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per5 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

6 States; 

7 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

8 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per9 sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

10 (4) improve the communication of counterter11 rorism information between Department personnel 

12 at foreign locations and Department entities in the 

13 United States, including to address technical, re14 source, and administrative challenges; and 

15 (5) maintain practices to guard against 

16 counter-espionage threats associated with Depart17 ment personnel. 


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1 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

2 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi3 nate on the date that is 4 years after the submission of 

4 the strategy referred to in such section. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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