IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5385 

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. 

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 ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 

3 Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

5 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se7 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’; 

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

12 subparagraph (D); and 

13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

14 the following new subparagraph (C): 

15 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad16 visory committees established pursuant to sec17 tion 871 of this Act, including the Homeland 

18 Security Advisory Council and the Homeland 

19 Security Science and Technology Advisory Com20 mittee, or otherwise established, including the 

21 Aviation Security Advisory Committee estab22 lished pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, 

23 United States Code; and’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 

25 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

26 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based 


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1 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 

2 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac5 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in7 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac10 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

12 to provide sufficient resources to success13 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 

14 to’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking the semicolan after 

16 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘, including 

17 any resources identified from redundant, 

18 wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and 

19 capacities that can be redirected to better 

20 support other existing capabilities and ca21 pacities; and’’; 

22 (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

23 and inserting a period; and 

24 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

25 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘December 31 of the 

3 year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after the 

4 date of the submittal of the President’s 

5 budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 

6 year’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘conducted’’ and in8 serting ‘‘required under subsection (a)(1)’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

11 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

14 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be15 fore the semicolon at the end; 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

17 ‘‘to the extent practicable,’’ before ‘‘a de18 scription’’; 

19 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 

20 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

21 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 

22 and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 

24 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 


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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

2 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 

4 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be5 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 

6 (IV) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

7 semicolon; 

8 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

9 and 

10 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

11 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

12 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

13 paragraph (4); and 

14 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

15 following new paragraph (3): 

16 ‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 

17 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 

18 following documentation regarding the quadrennial 

19 homeland security review: 

20 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

21 carried out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 

22 including— 

23 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in24 cluding communications sent out by the 

25 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 


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1 Secretary through technology, online com2 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

3 and the interagency process; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re5 ceived by the Secretary informed the quad6 rennial homeland security review. 

7 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as8 sessment, as required under subsection 

9 (c)(2)(B), including— 

10 ‘‘(i) the risk model utilized to generate 

11 the risk assessment; 

12 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

13 in the risk model, utilized to generate the 

14 risk assessment; 

15 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

16 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

17 the risk assessment; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

19 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 

20 utilized to generate the risk assessment, 

21 together with information on the rationale 

22 or basis thereof.’’; and 

23 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 


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1 ‘‘(e) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub2 mission of the report pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the 

3 Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Se4 curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

5 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

6 Senate information on the degree to which the findings 

7 and recommendations developed in the review were inte8 grated into the acquisition strategy and expenditure plans 

9 for the Department.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home12 land security review required to be submitted after Decem13 ber 31, 2017. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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