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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5385 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5385

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2016

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 make technical 
corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
 submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Homeland Security Review 
Technical Correction Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Section 707 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 347) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph (C):
                    ``(C) representatives from appropriate advisory 
                committees established pursuant to section 871 of this 
                Act, including the Homeland Security Advisory Council 
                and the Homeland Security Science and Technology 
                Advisory Committee, or otherwise established, including 
                the Aviation Security Advisory Committee established 
                pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 
                Code; and'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end the following: ``based on the risk 
                assessment required pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, to the extent 
                        practicable,'' after ``describe''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``budget plan'' and 
                        inserting ``resources required'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, to the extent 
                        practicable,'' after ``identify'';
                            (ii) by striking ``budget plan required to 
                        provide sufficient resources to successfully'' 
                        and inserting ``resources required to''; and
                            (iii) by striking the semicolan after 
                        ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``, including 
                        any resources identified from redundant, 
                        wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and 
                        capacities that can be redirected to better 
                        support other existing capabilities and 
                        capacities; and'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (E) by striking paragraph (6);
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``December 31 of the year'' 
                        and inserting ``60 days after the date of the 
                        submittal of the President's budget for the 
                        fiscal year after the fiscal year''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``conducted'' and 
                        inserting ``required under subsection (a)(1)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``description of the threats to'' and inserting 
                        ``risk assessment of'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, 
                        as required under subsection (b)(2)'' before 
                        the semicolon at the end;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
                        ``to the extent practicable,'' before ``a 
                        description'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``to the extent 
                                practicable,'' before ``a discussion''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``the status of'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (G)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``to the extent 
                                practicable,'' before ``a discussion'';
                                    (II) by striking ``the status of'';
                                    (III) by inserting ``and risks'' 
                                before ``to national homeland''; and
                                    (IV) by inserting ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon;
                            (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); and
                            (vii) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 
                        subparagraph (H);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph (3):
            ``(3) Documentation.--The Secretary shall retain and, upon 
        request, provide to Congress the following documentation 
        regarding the quadrennial homeland security review:
                    ``(A) Records regarding the consultation carried 
                out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), including--
                            ``(i) all written communications, including 
                        communications sent out by the Secretary and 
                        feedback submitted to the Secretary through 
                        technology, online communications tools, in-
                        person discussions, and the interagency 
                        process; and
                            ``(ii) information on how feedback received 
                        by the Secretary informed the quadrennial 
                        homeland security review.
                    ``(B) Information regarding the risk assessment, as 
                required under subsection (c)(2)(B), including--
                            ``(i) the risk model utilized to generate 
                        the risk assessment;
                            ``(ii) information, including data used in 
                        the risk model, utilized to generate the risk 
                        assessment;
                            ``(iii) sources of information, including 
                        other risk assessments, utilized to generate 
                        the risk assessment; and
                            ``(iv) information on assumptions, weighing 
                        factors, and subjective judgments utilized to 
                        generate the risk assessment, together with 
                        information on the rationale or basis 
                        thereof.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Review.--Not later than 90 days after the submission of the 
report pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall provide to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate information on the degree to which the findings and 
recommendations developed in the review were integrated into the 
acquisition strategy and expenditure plans for the Department.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to a quadrennial homeland security review required to be 
submitted after December 31, 2017.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
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