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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections 

to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit 

quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2017 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 

technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, 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 ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 

5 Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

2 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se4 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

9 subparagraph (D); and 

10 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

11 the following new subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad13 visory committees established pursuant to sec14 tion 871, including the Homeland Security Ad15 visory Council and the Homeland Security 

16 Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or 

17 otherwise established, including the Aviation 

18 Security Advisory Committee established pursu19 ant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 

20 Code; and’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

23 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based 

24 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 

25 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 

26 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac2 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in4 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac7 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

9 to provide sufficient resources to success10 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 

11 to’’; and 

12 (iii) by striking the semicolon at the 

13 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, includ14 ing any resources identified from redun15 dant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities 

16 or capacities that may be redirected to bet17 ter support other existing capabilities or 

18 capacities, as the case may be; and’’; 

19 (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

20 and inserting a period; and 

21 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

22 (3) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Decem24 ber 31 of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days 

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1 dent’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 

2 year’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

8 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be9 fore the semicolon at the end; 

10 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

11 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

12 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a description’’; 

13 and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘resources required’’; 

16 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

18 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 

19 and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 

21 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

23 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 


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1 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be2 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 

3 (IV) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

4 semicolon at the end; 

5 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

6 and 

7 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

8 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

9 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

10 paragraph (4); and 

11 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 

14 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 

15 following documentation regarding each quadrennial 

16 homeland security review: 

17 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

18 carried out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 

19 including— 

20 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in21 cluding communications sent out by the 

22 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 

23 Secretary through technology, online com24 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

25 and the interagency process; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re2 ceived by the Secretary informed each such 

3 quadrennial homeland security review. 

4 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as5 sessment required under subsection (c)(2)(B), 

6 including— 

7 ‘‘(i) the risk model utilized to generate 

8 such risk assessment; 

9 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

10 in the risk model, utilized to generate such 

11 risk assessment; 

12 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

13 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

14 such risk assessment; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

16 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 

17 utilized to generate such risk assessment, 

18 together with information on the rationale 

19 or basis thereof.’’; 

20 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (e); and 

22 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(d) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub25 mission of each report required under subsection (c)(1), 


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1 the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 

2 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com3 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

4 of the Senate information on the degree to which the find5 ings and recommendations developed in the quadrennial 

6 homeland security review that is the subject of such report 

7 were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expendi8 ture plans for the Department.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home11 land security review conducted after December 31, 2021. 

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