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Union Calendar No. 21 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 

[Report No. 115–41] 

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 

MARCH 16, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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 ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 

5 Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

7 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se9 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

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

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

13 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

14 subparagraph (D); and 

15 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

16 the following new subparagraph: 

17 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad18 visory committees established pursuant to sec19 tion 871, including the Homeland Security Ad20 visory Council and the Homeland Security 

21 Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or 

22 otherwise established, including the Aviation 

23 Security Advisory Committee established pursu24 ant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 

25 Code; and’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

4 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 

5 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac8 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in10 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac13 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

15 to provide sufficient resources to success16 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 

17 to’’; and 

18 (iii) by striking the semicolon at the 

19 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, includ20 ing any resources identified from redun21 dant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities 

22 or capacities that may be redirected to bet23 ter support other existing capabilities or 

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


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

2 and inserting a period; and 

3 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

4 (3) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Decem6 ber 31 of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days 

7 after the date of the submission of the Presi8 dent’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 

9 year’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

12 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

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

15 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be16 fore the semicolon at the end; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

18 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

20 and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘resources required’’; 

23 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 


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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

3 and 

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

5 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 

6 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

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

9 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be10 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 

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

12 semicolon at the end; 

13 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

14 and 

15 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

16 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

17 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

18 paragraph (4); and 

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

20 following new paragraph: 

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

22 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 

23 following documentation regarding each quadrennial 

24 homeland security review: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

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

3 including— 

4 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in5 cluding communications sent out by the 

6 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 

7 Secretary through technology, online com8 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

9 and the interagency process; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re11 ceived by the Secretary informed each such 

12 quadrennial homeland security review. 

13 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as14 sessment required under subsection (c)(2)(B), 

15 including— 

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

17 such risk assessment; 

18 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

19 in the risk model, utilized to generate such 

20 risk assessment; 

21 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

22 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

23 such risk assessment; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

25 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 


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1 utilized to generate such risk assessment, 

2 together with information on the rationale 

3 or basis thereof.’’; 

4 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub5 section (e); and 

6 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol7 lowing new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(d) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub9 mission of each report required under subsection (c)(1), 

10 the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 

11 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

13 of the Senate information on the degree to which the find14 ings and recommendations developed in the quadrennial 

15 homeland security review that is the subject of such report 

16 were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expendi17 ture plans for the Department.’’. 

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

19 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home20 land security review conducted after December 31, 2021. 


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Union Calendar No. 21 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 

[Report No. 115–41] 

A BILL 

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 

MARCH 16, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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