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Union Calendar No. 70 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 

[Report No. 116–95] 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 

enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2019 

Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

MAY 30, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 8, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 

personnel enhancement plan, 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 ‘‘DHS Overseas Personnel 

5 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 under 

9 section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 180 days 

11 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief 

12 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

14 Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding Department 

15 of Homeland Security personnel with primary duties that 

16 take place outside of the United States. 

17 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefings required under 

18 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

19 (1) A detailed summary of, and deployment 

20 schedule for, each type of personnel position with pri21 mary duties that take place outside of the United 

22 States and how each such position contributes to the 

23 Department of Homeland Security’s counterterrorism 

24 mission. 


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1 (2) Information related to how the geographic 

2 and regional placement of such positions contributes 

3 to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 

4 (3) Information related to any risk mitigation 

5 plans for each geographic and regional placement, in6 cluding to address counter-intelligence risks. 

7 (4) Information regarding the costs of deploying 

8 or maintaining personnel at each geographic and re9 gional placement, including information on any cost10 sharing agreement with foreign partners to cover a 

11 portion or all the costs relating to such deployment or 

12 maintenance. 

13 (5) Maintain and enhance practices to guard 

14 against counter-espionage and counter-intelligence 

15 threats, including cyber threats, associated with De16 partment personnel. 

17 (6) Information regarding trends in foreign ef18 forts to influence such personnel while deployed over19 seas to contribute to the Department’s counterter20 rorism mission. 

21 (7) Information related to the position-specific 

22 training received by such personnel before and during 

23 placement at a foreign location. 

24 (8) Challenges that may impede the communica25 tion of counterterrorism information between DepartVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 May 31, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2590.RH H2590

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1 ment personnel at foreign locations and Department 

2 entities in the United States, including technical, re3 source, and administrative challenges. 

4 (9) The status of efforts to implement the strat5 egy referred to in subsection (a). 

6 (10) The status of efforts (beginning with the sec7 ond briefing required under this section) to imple8 ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 

9 SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

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

11 first briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall 

12 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

13 House and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov14 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec15 tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel at 

16 foreign locations. 

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

18 subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 

19 (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 

20 Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 

21 for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity de22 velopment and furthering the Department’s counter23 terrorism mission; 


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

3 States; 

4 (3) enhance collaboration among Department 

5 personnel at foreign locations, other Federal personnel 

6 at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 

7 (4) improve the communication of counterter8 rorism information between Department personnel at 

9 foreign locations and Department entities in the 

10 United States, including to address technical, re11 source, and administrative challenges; and 

12 (5) maintain practices to guard against counter13 espionage threats associated with Department per14 sonnel. 

15 SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 

16 The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi17 nate on the date that is four years after the submission of 

18 the strategy referred to in such section. 


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Union Calendar No. 70 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 

[Report No. 116–95] 

A BILL 

To require a Department of Homeland Security 

other purposes. overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 

MAY 30, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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