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Calendar No. 201 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 

[Report No. 116–97] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

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

Governmental Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 

personnel enhancement plan, 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 ‘‘DHS Overseas Per5 sonnel Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub8 mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required 


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1 under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 

2 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 

3 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home6 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re7 garding Department of Homeland Security personnel with 

8 primary duties that take place outside of the United 

9 States. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefings required under 

11 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

12 (1) A detailed summary of, and deployment 

13 schedule for, each type of personnel position with 

14 primary duties that take place outside of the United 

15 States and how each such position contributes to the 

16 Department of Homeland Security’s counterter17 rorism mission. 

18 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

19 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

20 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 

21 (3) Information related to any risk mitigation 

22 plans for each geographic and regional placement, 

23 including to address counter-intelligence risks. 

24 (4) Information regarding the costs of deploy25 ing or maintaining personnel at each geographic and 


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1 regional placement, including information on any 

2 cost-sharing agreement with foreign partners to 

3 cover a portion or all the costs relating to such de4 ployment or maintenance. 

5 (5) Maintain and enhance practices to guard 

6 against counter-espionage and counter-intelligence 

7 threats, including cyber threats, associated with De8 partment personnel. 

9 (6) Information regarding trends in foreign ef10 forts to influence such personnel while deployed 

11 overseas to contribute to the Department’s counter12 terrorism mission. 

13 (7) Information related to the position-specific 

14 training received by such personnel before and dur15 ing placement at a foreign location. 

16 (8) Challenges that may impede the commu17 nication of counterterrorism information between 

18 Department personnel at foreign locations and De19 partment entities in the United States, including 

20 technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 

21 (9) The status of efforts to implement the 

22 strategy referred to in subsection (a). 

23 (10) The status of efforts (beginning with the 

24 second briefing required under this section) to imple25 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 


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1 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

3 first briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall 

4 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

5 House and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov6 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the ef7 fectiveness of Department of Homeland Security per8 sonnel at foreign locations. 

9 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required under 

10 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

11 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

12 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 

13 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 

14 development and furthering the Department’s 

15 counterterrorism mission; 

16 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per17 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

18 States; 

19 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

20 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per21 sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

22 (4) improve the communication of counterter23 rorism information between Department personnel 

24 at foreign locations and Department entities in the 

25 United States, including to address technical, re26 source, and administrative challenges; and 


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1 (5) maintain practices to guard against 

2 counter-espionage threats associated with Depart3 ment personnel. 

4 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

5 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi6 nate on the date that is 4 years after the submission of 

7 the strategy referred to in such section. 

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Overseas Personnel 

10 Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 

11 SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub13 mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required under 

14 section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and annually 

16 thereafter, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on Home17 land Security of the House of Representatives and the Com18 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

19 the Senate regarding Department personnel with primary 

20 duties that take place outside of the United States. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefings required under 

22 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

23 (1) A detailed summary of, and deployment 

24 schedule for, each type of personnel position with pri25 mary duties that take place outside of the United 


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1 States and how each such position contributes to the 

2 Department’s mission. 

3 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

4 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

5 to the Department’s mission. 

6 (3) Information related to any risk mitigation 

7 plans for each geographic and regional placement, in8 cluding to address counter-intelligence risks. 

9 (4) Information regarding the costs of deploying 

10 or maintaining personnel at each geographic and re11 gional placement, including information on any cost12 sharing agreement with foreign partners to cover a 

13 portion or all the costs relating to such deployment or 

14 maintenance. 

15 (5) Information on guidance and practices to 

16 guard against counter-espionage and counter-intel17 ligence threats, including cyber threats, associated 

18 with Department personnel. 

19 (6) Information regarding trends in foreign ef20 forts to influence such personnel while deployed over21 seas to contribute to the Department’s mission. 

22 (7) Information related to the position-specific 

23 training received by such personnel before and during 

24 placement at a foreign location. 


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1 (8) Challenges that may impede the communica2 tion of counterterrorism information between Depart3 ment personnel at foreign locations and Department 

4 entities in the United States, including technical, re5 source, and administrative challenges. 

6 (9) The status of efforts to implement the strat7 egy referred to in subsection (a). 

8 (10) The status of efforts (beginning with the sec9 ond briefing required under this section) to imple10 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 

11 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

13 first briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

16 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan 

17 to enhance the effectiveness of Department personnel at for18 eign locations. 

19 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required under 

20 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

21 (1) improve efforts of Department personnel at 

22 foreign locations, as necessary, for purposes of pro23 viding foreign partner capacity development and fur24 thering the Department’s mission; 


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1 (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per2 sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 

3 States, consistent with the limits on the resources of 

4 the Department; 

5 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

6 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal personnel 

7 at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

8 (4) improve the communication of information 

9 between Department personnel at foreign locations 

10 and Department entities in the United States, includ11 ing to address technical, resource, and administrative 

12 challenges; and 

13 (5) maintain practices to guard against counter14 espionage threats associated with Department per15 sonnel. 

16 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

17 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi18 nate on the date that is 4 years after the submission of the 

19 strategy referred to in subsection (a) of such section. 

20 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart23 ment of Homeland Security; and 

24 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security. 


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Calendar No. 201 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 

[Report No. 116–97] 

AN ACT 

To require a Department of Homeland Security 

other purposes. overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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