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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4780 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 17, 2016 

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

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop 

a comprehensive strategy for Department of Homeland 

Security operations abroad, 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 Strategy for International Programs Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

5 PROGRAMS FOR VETTING AND SCREENING 

6 PERSONS SEEKING TO ENTER THE UNITED 

7 STATES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home10 land Security shall submit 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 a comprehensive 3-year strategy for inter14 national programs of the Department of Homeland Secu15 rity in which personnel and resources of the Department 

16 are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of persons 

17 seeking to enter the United States. 

18 (b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub19 section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

20 (1) Specific Department of Homeland Security 

21 risk-based goals for international programs of the 

22 Department in which personnel and resources of the 

23 Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 

24 screening of persons seeking to enter the United 

25 States. 


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1 (2) A risk-based method for determining wheth2 er to establish new international programs in new lo3 cations, given resource constraints, or expand exist4 ing international programs of the Department, in 

5 which personnel and resources of the Department 

6 are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of 

7 persons seeking to enter the United States. 

8 (3) Alignment with the highest Department9 wide and Government-wide strategic priorities of re10 source allocations on international programs of the 

11 Department in which personnel and resources of the 

12 Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 

13 screening of persons seeking to enter the United 

14 States. 

15 (4) A common reporting framework for the sub16 mission of reliable, comparable cost data by compo17 nents of the Department on overseas expenditures 

18 attributable to international programs of the De19 partment in which personnel and resources of the 

20 Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 

21 screening of persons seeking to enter the United 

22 States. 

23 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategy re24 quired under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 

25 Security shall consider, at a minimum, the following: 


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1 (1) Information on existing operations of inter2 national programs of the Department of Homeland 

3 Security in which personnel and resources of the De4 partment are deployed abroad for vetting and 

5 screening of persons seeking to enter the United 

6 States that includes corresponding information for 

7 each location in which each such program operates. 

8 (2) The number of Department personnel de9 ployed to each location at which an international 

10 program referred to in subparagraph (A) is in oper11 ation during the current and preceding fiscal year. 

12 (3) Analysis of the impact of each international 

13 program referred to in paragraph (1) on domestic 

14 activities of components of the Department of 

15 Homeland Security. 

16 (4) Analysis of barriers to the expansion of an 

17 international program referred to in paragraph (1). 

18 (d) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 

19 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 


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1 contain a classified annex if the Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security determines that such is appropriate. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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