SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Overseas Per-
sonnel Enhancement Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub-
mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required 
under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re-
garding Department of Homeland Security personnel with 
primary duties that take place outside of the United 
States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed summary of each type of per-
sonnel position with primary duties that take place 
outside of the United States and how each such po-
sition contributes to the Department of Homeland 
Security’s counterterrorism mission. 
(2) Information related to how the geographic 
and regional placement of such positions contributes 
to the Department’s counterterrorism mission.
(3) Information related to the position-specific 
training received by such personnel before and dur-
ing placement at a foreign location. 
(4) Challenges that may impede the commu-
nication of counterterrorism information between 
Department personnel at foreign locations and De-
partment entities in the United States, including 
technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 
(5) The status of efforts to implement the 
strategy referred to in subsection (a). 
(6) The status of efforts (beginning with the 
second briefing required under this section) to imple-
ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 
SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec-
tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel 
at foreign locations. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan referred to in 
subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 
(1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 
Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary,
for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 
development 
and 
furthering 
the 
Department’s 
counterterrorism mission; 
(2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per-
sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 
States; 
(3) enhance collaboration among Department 
personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per-
sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 
(4) improve the communication of counterter-
rorism information between Department personnel 
at foreign locations and Department entities in the 
United States, including to address technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges; and 
(5) 
maintain 
practices 
to 
guard 
against 
counter-espionage threats associated with Depart-
ment personnel.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 
The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi-
nate on the date that is 4 years after the submission of 
the strategy referred to in such section. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4567 
AN ACT 
To require a Department of Homeland Security 
overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 
other purposes.