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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5385 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 

2 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se4 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

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

7 ‘‘and’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

9 subparagraph (D); and 

10 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

11 the following new subparagraph (C): 

12 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad13 visory committees established pursuant to sec14 tion 871 of this Act, including the Homeland 

15 Security Advisory Council and the Homeland 

16 Security Science and Technology Advisory Com17 mittee, or otherwise established, including the 

18 Aviation Security Advisory Committee estab19 lished pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, 

20 United States Code; and’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

24 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 

25 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 

26 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac2 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in4 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac7 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 

9 to provide sufficient resources to success10 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 

11 to’’; and 

12 (iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi13 colon; 

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

15 and inserting a period; and 

16 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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

21 date of the submittal of the President’s 

22 budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 

23 year’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘conducted’’ and in25 serting ‘‘required under subsection (a)(1)’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

3 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 

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

6 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be7 fore the semicolon at the end; 

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

9 ‘‘to the extent practicable,’’ before ‘‘a de10 scription’’; 

11 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 

12 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

14 and 

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

16 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 

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

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

20 (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be21 fore ‘‘to the national homeland’’; and 

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

23 semicolon; 

24 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 

25 and 


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1 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 

2 (I) as subparagraph (H); 

3 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

4 paragraph (4); and 

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

6 following new paragraph (3): 

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

8 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 

9 following documentation regarding the quadrennial 

10 homeland security review: 

11 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 

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

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(i) all written communications, in15 cluding communications sent out by the 

16 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 

17 Secretary through technology, online com18 munications tools, in-person discussions, 

19 and the interagency process; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re21 ceived by the Secretary informed the quad22 rennial homeland security review. 

23 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as24 sessment, as required under subsection 

25 (c)(2)(B), including— 


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

2 the risk assessment; 

3 ‘‘(ii) information, including data used 

4 in the risk model, utilized to generate the 

5 risk assessment; 

6 ‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 

7 other risk assessments, utilized to generate 

8 the risk assessment; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 

10 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 

11 utilized to generate the risk assessment, 

12 together with information on the rationale 

13 or basis thereof.’’; and 

14 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(e) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub17 mission of the report pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the 

18 Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Se19 curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

20 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

21 Senate information on the degree to which the findings 

22 and recommendations developed in the review were inte23 grated into the acquisition strategy and expenditure plans 

24 for the Department.’’. 


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

2 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home3 land security review required to be submitted after Decem4 ber 31, 2017. 

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