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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2589 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a homeland 

intelligence doctrine for the Department of Homeland Security, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2019 

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a homeland intelligence doctrine 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unifying DHS Intel5 ligence Enterprise Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home8 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend9 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 210H. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 

4 acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De5 partment, in coordination with intelligence components of 

6 the Department, the Office of the General Counsel, the 

7 Privacy Office, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 

8 Liberties, shall develop and disseminate written Depart9 ment-wide guidance for the processing, analysis, produc10 tion, and dissemination of homeland security information 

11 (as such term is defined in section 892) and terrorism in12 formation (as such term is defined in section 1016 of the 

13 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

14 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485)). 

15 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance required under sub16 section (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) A description of guiding principles and 

18 purposes of the Department’s intelligence enterprise. 

19 ‘‘(2) A summary of the roles, responsibilities, 

20 and programs of each intelligence component of the 

21 Department in the processing, analysis, production, 

22 or dissemination of homeland security information 

23 and terrorism information, including relevant au24 thorities and restrictions applicable to each such in25 telligence component. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Guidance for the processing, analysis, and 

2 production of such information. 

3 ‘‘(4) Guidance for the dissemination of such in4 formation, including within the Department, among 

5 and between Federal departments and agencies, 

6 among and between State, local, Tribal, and terri7 torial governments, including law enforcement, and 

8 with foreign partners and the private sector. 

9 ‘‘(5) An assessment and description of how the 

10 dissemination to the intelligence community (as such 

11 term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Secu12 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) and Federal 

13 law enforcement of such information assists such en14 tities in carrying out their respective missions. 

15 ‘‘(c) FORM.—The guidance required under subsection 

16 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in17 clude a classified annex. 

18 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.—For each of the five fiscal 

19 years beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after 

20 the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

21 shall conduct a review of the guidance required under sub22 section (a) and, as appropriate, revise such guidance.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

24 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 


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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 210G the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 210H. Homeland intelligence doctrine.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. ANALYSTS FOR THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFI4 CER. 

5 Paragraph (1) of section 201(e) of the Homeland Se6 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(e)) is amended by add7 ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 

8 shall also provide the Chief Intelligence Officer with a 

9 staff having appropriate expertise and experience to assist 

10 the Chief Intelligence Officer.’’. 

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