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Union Calendar No. 513 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5385 

[Report No. 114–662] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2016 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

JULY 5, 2016 

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 June 7, 2016] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 

5 Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

7 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Secu9 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

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

12 ‘‘and’’; 

13 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

14 subparagraph (D); and 

15 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

16 following new subparagraph (C): 

17 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate advi18 sory committees established pursuant to section 

19 871 of this Act, including the Homeland Secu20 rity Advisory Council and the Homeland Secu21 rity Science and Technology Advisory Com22 mittee, or otherwise established, including the 

23 Aviation Security Advisory Committee estab24 lished pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, 

25 United States Code; and’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

3 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based on 

4 the risk assessment required pursuant to sub5 section (c)(2)(B)’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac8 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in10 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac13 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

15 to provide sufficient resources to success16 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required to’’; 

17 and 

18 (iii) by striking the semicolan after 

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

20 any resources identified from redundant, 

21 wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and 

22 capacities that can be redirected to better 

23 support other existing capabilities and ca24 pacities; and’’; 


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

2 and inserting a period; and 

3 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

4 (3) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after the date 

8 of the submittal of the President’s budget for 

9 the fiscal year after the fiscal year’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘conducted’’ and in11 serting ‘‘required under subsection (a)(1)’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

14 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

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

17 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be18 fore the semicolon at the end; 

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

20 ‘‘to the extent practicable,’’ before ‘‘a de21 scription’’; 

22 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 

23 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

24 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; and 

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


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1 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 

2 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

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

5 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be6 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 

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

8 semicolon; 

9 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

10 and 

11 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

12 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

13 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

14 paragraph (4); and 

15 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol16 lowing new paragraph (3): 

17 ‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall re18 tain and, upon request, provide to Congress the fol19 lowing documentation regarding the quadrennial 

20 homeland security review: 

21 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

22 carried out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), in23 cluding— 

24 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in25 cluding communications sent out by the 


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1 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 

2 Secretary through technology, online com3 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

4 and the interagency process; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re6 ceived by the Secretary informed the quad7 rennial homeland security review. 

8 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk assess9 ment, as required under subsection (c)(2)(B), in10 cluding— 

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

12 the risk assessment; 

13 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

14 in the risk model, utilized to generate the 

15 risk assessment; 

16 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

17 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

18 the risk assessment; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

20 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 

21 utilized to generate the risk assessment, to22 gether with information on the rationale or 

23 basis thereof.’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub25 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 Sec3 retary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Secu4 rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

5 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

6 information on the degree to which the findings and rec7 ommendations developed in the review were integrated into 

8 the acquisition strategy and expenditure plans for the De9 partment.’’. 

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

11 Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial homeland se12 curity review required to be submitted after December 31, 

13 2017. 


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Union Calendar No. 513 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5385 

[Report No. 114–662] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

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

JULY 5, 2016 

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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