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Union Calendar No. 462 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5079 

[Report No. 115–606] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 

KATKO, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Additional sponsor: Mr. BARLETTA

MARCH 19, 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 February 23, 2018] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 Field Engagement 

5 Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 

7 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

8 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 

9 (1) redesigning subsections (j) and (k) as sub10 sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

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

12 new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(j) FUSION CENTER INFORMATION SHARING STRAT14 EGY.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact15 ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and up16 date at least once every five years a strategy for Department 

17 engagement with fusion centers. Such strategy shall be de18 veloped and updated in consultation with the heads of intel19 ligence components of the Department, the Chief Privacy 

20 Officer of the Department, the Officer for Civil Rights and 

21 Civil Liberties of the Department, officials of fusion centers, 

22 officers designated as Homeland Security Advisors, and the 

23 heads of other relevant agencies, as appropriate. Such strat24 egy shall include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing in2 formation and engaging with fusion centers— 

3 ‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per4 sonnel from intelligence components of the De5 partment; 

6 ‘‘(B) through the use of Department unclas7 sified and classified information sharing sys8 tems, including the Homeland Security Informa9 tion Sharing Network and the Homeland Secure 

10 Data Network, or any successor systems; and 

11 ‘‘(C) through any additional means. 

12 ‘‘(2) The performance metrics to be used to meas13 ure success in achieving the goals and objectives re14 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(3) A five-year plan for continued engagement 

16 with fusion centers.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 

18 PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 

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

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

21 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 

22 of Homeland Security shall— 

23 (1) consider the effectiveness of existing processes 

24 to identify and prepare field personnel for deployment 

25 to support fusion centers and internal mechanisms to 


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1 ensure oversight and accountability of such field per2 sonnel, including field personnel assigned to one cen3 ter and field personnel assigned to multiple centers; 

4 and 

5 (2) publish and disseminate performance 

6 metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 

7 and threat diversity, for— 

8 (A) field personnel from the Office of Intel9 ligence and Analysis assigned to an individual 

10 fusion center; 

11 (B) field personnel from the Office of Intel12 ligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fusion 

13 centers; and 

14 (C) regional Directors of the Office of Intel15 ligence and Analysis to ensure accountability for 

16 monitoring all field personnel under the super17 vision of such Regional Directors. 

18 (b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor19 mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 

20 the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the De21 partment shall develop and implement a formalized train22 ing module for fusion center personnel regarding the classi23 fied Homeland Secure Data Network of the Department, or 

24 any successor system. 


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

2 term ‘‘fusion center’’ has the meaning given such term in 

3 section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

4 U.S.C. 124h). 

5 SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU6 RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

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

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Intelligence Offi9 cer of the Department of Homeland Security, in consulta10 tion with the Chief Information Officer of the Department, 

11 shall— 

12 (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec13 tive use by components of the Department of the De14 partment’s unclassified Homeland Security Informa15 tion Sharing Network, or any successor system; and 

16 (2) develop policies for posting unclassified prod17 ucts on the Homeland Security Information Sharing 

18 Network, or any successor system. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Informa20 tion Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, in 

21 consultation with the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De22 partment, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, tech23 nical enhancements to the Homeland Security Information 

24 Sharing Network (HSIN) to improve usability, including 


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1 search functionality, data analysis, and collaboration capa2 bilities. 

3 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

4 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

6 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

8 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 

9 on the implementation 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. 124h), 

13 as added by section 2 of this Act, based on perform14 ance metrics developed pursuant to such strategy. 

15 (2) Field personnel deployed to fusion centers (as 

16 such term is defined in section 210A of the Homeland 

17 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)) in accordance 

18 with section 3, based on performance metrics devel19 oped pursuant to such section. 

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

21 of the Homeland Security Information Sharing Net22 work in accordance with section 4, based on the 

23 metrics developed pursuant to such section. 


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Union Calendar No. 462 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5079 

[Report No. 115–606] 

A BILL 

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 

MARCH 19, 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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