115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5079 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Field Engage3 ment Accountability Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 

5 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 

7 (1) redesigning subsections (j) and (k) as sub8 sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

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

10 new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(j) FUSION CENTER INFORMATION SHARING

12 STRATEGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

13 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop 

14 and update at least once every 5 years a strategy for De15 partment engagement with fusion centers. Such strategy 

16 shall be developed and updated in consultation with the 

17 heads of intelligence components of the Department, the 

18 Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, the Officer for 

19 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department, offi20 cials of fusion centers, officers designated as Homeland 

21 Security Advisors, and the heads of other relevant agen22 cies, as appropriate. Such strategy shall include the fol23 lowing: 

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

25 information and engaging with fusion centers— 
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1 ‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per2 sonnel from intelligence components of the De3 partment; 

4 ‘‘(B) through the use of Department un5 classified and classified information sharing 

6 systems, including the Homeland Security In7 formation Sharing Network and the Homeland 

8 Secure Data Network, or any successor sys9 tems; and 

10 ‘‘(C) through any additional means. 

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

12 measure success in achieving the goals and objec13 tives referred to in paragraph (1). 

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

15 with fusion centers.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 

17 PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 

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

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

20 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 

21 of Homeland Security shall— 

22 (1) consider the effectiveness of existing proc23 esses to identify and prepare field personnel for de24 ployment to support fusion centers and internal 

25 mechanisms to ensure oversight and accountability 
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1 of such field personnel, including field personnel as2 signed to one center and field personnel assigned to 

3 multiple centers; and 

4 (2) publish and disseminate performance 

5 metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 

6 and threat diversity, for— 

7 (A) field personnel from the Office of In8 telligence and Analysis assigned to an indi9 vidual fusion center; 

10 (B) field personnel from the Office of In11 telligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fu12 sion centers; and 

13 (C) regional Directors of the Office of In14 telligence and Analysis to ensure accountability 

15 for monitoring all field personnel under the su16 pervision of such Regional Directors. 

17 (b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor18 mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 

19 the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 

20 Department shall develop and implement a formalized 

21 training module for fusion center personnel regarding the 

22 classified Homeland Secure Data Network of the Depart23 ment, or any successor system. 

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

25 term ‘‘fusion center’’ has the meaning given such term in 
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1 section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

2 U.S.C. 124h). 

3 SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU4 RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

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

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

7 Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, in con8 sultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart9 ment, shall— 

10 (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec11 tive use by components of the Department of the 

12 Department’s unclassified Homeland Security Infor13 mation Sharing Network, or any successor system; 

14 and 

15 (2) develop policies for posting unclassified 

16 products on the Homeland Security Information 

17 Sharing Network, or any successor system. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Infor19 mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 

20 in consultation with the Chief Intelligence Officer of the 

21 Department, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, 

22 technical enhancements to the Homeland Security Infor23 mation Sharing Network (HSIN) to improve usability, in24 cluding search functionality, data analysis, and collabora25 tion capabilities. 
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1 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

4 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

5 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu7 rity and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee 

8 on Intelligence of the Senate a report on the implementa9 tion of the following: 

10 (1) The fusion center information sharing strat11 egy required under subsection (j) of section 210A of 

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

13 124h), as added by section 2 of this Act, based on 

14 performance metrics developed pursuant to such 

15 strategy. 

16 (2) Field personnel deployed to fusion centers 

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

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

19 accordance with section 3, based on performance 

20 metrics developed pursuant to such section. 

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

22 of the Homeland Security Information Sharing Net-
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1 work in accordance with section 4, based on the 

2 metrics developed pursuant to such section. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 19, 

2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5079 

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