115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 

3 Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

5 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se7 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

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

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

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

12 subparagraph (D); and 

13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

14 the following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad16 visory committees established pursuant to sec17 tion 871, including the Homeland Security Ad18 visory Council and the Homeland Security 

19 Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or 

20 otherwise established, including the Aviation 

21 Security Advisory Committee established pursu22 ant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 

23 Code; and’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

26 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based 
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1 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 

2 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac5 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in7 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac10 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

12 to provide sufficient resources to success13 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 

14 to’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking the semicolon at the 

16 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, includ17 ing any resources identified from redun18 dant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities 

19 or capacities that may be redirected to bet20 ter support other existing capabilities or 

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

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

23 and inserting a period; and 

24 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

25 (3) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Decem2 ber 31 of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days 

3 after the date of the submission of the Presi4 dent’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 

5 year’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

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

11 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be12 fore the semicolon at the end; 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

14 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

16 and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘resources required’’; 

19 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 

20 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

22 and 

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

24 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 
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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

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

4 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be5 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 

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

7 semicolon at the end; 

8 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

9 and 

10 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

11 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

12 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

13 paragraph (4); and 

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

15 following new paragraph: 

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

17 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 

18 following documentation regarding each quadrennial 

19 homeland security review: 

20 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

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

22 including— 

23 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in24 cluding communications sent out by the 

25 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 
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1 Secretary through technology, online com2 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

3 and the interagency process; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re5 ceived by the Secretary informed each such 

6 quadrennial homeland security review. 

7 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as8 sessment required under subsection (c)(2)(B), 

9 including— 

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

11 such risk assessment; 

12 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

13 in the risk model, utilized to generate such 

14 risk assessment; 

15 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

16 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

17 such risk assessment; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

19 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 

20 utilized to generate such risk assessment, 

21 together with information on the rationale 

22 or basis thereof.’’; 

23 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub24 section (e); and 
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1 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol2 lowing new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(d) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub4 mission of each report required under subsection (c)(1), 

5 the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 

6 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

8 of the Senate information on the degree to which the find9 ings and recommendations developed in the quadrennial 

10 homeland security review that is the subject of such report 

11 were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expendi12 ture plans for the Department.’’. 

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

14 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home15 land security review conducted after December 31, 2021. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 21, 

2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

other purposes. quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit make technical corrections to the requirement