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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6231 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

a prioritized policy issuance review process for the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Department of Home3 land Security Policy Issuance Review Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. POLICY ISSUANCE REVIEW PROCESS. 

5 Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 341) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraph (13) as 

9 paragraph (14); and 

10 (B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 

11 following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(13) Overseeing the Department’s process for 

13 review and approval of policy issuance documents.’’; 

14 (2) by redesignating the second subsection (e) 

15 (relating to the definition of interoperable commu16 nications) as subsection (f); and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(g) POLICY ISSUANCE REVIEW PROCESS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

22 the Under Secretary for Management shall require a 

23 prioritized periodic review process (in this subsection 

24 referred to as the ‘Review Process’) of Department 

25 policy issuance documents. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Not later 

2 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this subsection and annually thereafter, the Under 

4 Secretary for Management shall provide to the Com5 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu7 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a brief8 ing on the Review Process, including relating to the 

9 Department’s record of reviewing and updating ex10 isting policy issuance documents. Each such briefing 

11 shall include information relating to the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) All policy issuance documents, includ13 ing, with respect to each such document, the 

14 title, policy number, revision number, issue 

15 date, and last reviewed date. 

16 ‘‘(B) All policy issuance documents can17 celed in the prior year. 

18 ‘‘(C) An explanation of the methodology 

19 used to prioritize the review of policy issuance 

20 documents. 

21 ‘‘(D) The procedures used by the Depart22 ment to track and coordinate with Department 

23 components the issuance, review, and cancella24 tions of policy issuance documents. 


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1 ‘‘(E) The number of staff and vacancies 

2 within the Management Directorate responsible 

3 for supporting the Review Process. 

4 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection the term 

5 ‘policy issuance document’— 

6 ‘‘(A) means a Department-level directive, 

7 instruction, designation, or delegation, issued in 

8 accordance with the process referred to in sub9 section (a)(13) or any process for issuing such 

10 documents consistent with Department policy 

11 as may be in effect; and 

12 ‘‘(B) does not include documents— 

13 ‘‘(i) issued in accordance with a proc14 ess other than a process referred to in sub15 section (a)(13) or the Review Process; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) documents published in the Fed17 eral Register. 

18 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

19 this subsection may be construed to— 

20 ‘‘(A) invalidate any policy issuance docu21 ment created on, before, or after the date of the 

22 enactment of this subsection; 

23 ‘‘(B) serve as a basis for action to chal24 lenge the validity of such a policy issuance doc25 ument; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) create any right or benefit, whether 

2 substantive or procedural, enforceable by any 

3 person in any administrative or judicial pro4 ceeding.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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