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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4433 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary 
for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to achieve 
security of sensitive assets among the components of the Department 
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2017 
Mr. CORREA (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
the Under Secretary for Management of the Department 
of Homeland Security to achieve security of sensitive 
assets among the components of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Department 
of Homeland Security Firearms Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘Se-
curing DHS Firearms Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT.— 
The term ‘‘Under Secretary for Management’’ 
means the Under Secretary for Management of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF SECURING FIREARMS AND OTHER 
SENSITIVE ASSETS IN RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT. 
Paragraph (6) of section 701(a) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341(a)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(including firearms and other sensitive assets)’’ 
after ‘‘equipment’’. 
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE. 
(a) SAFEGUARDING FIREARMS AND SENSITIVE AS-
SETS DIRECTIVE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary for Management shall disseminate 
a Department-wide directive for achieving adequate 
security over firearms and other sensitive assets 
across the Department. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The directive required under 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Descriptions of what equipment, in ad-
dition to firearms, is classified as a sensitive 
asset for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 
(B) Requirements for securing Depart-
ment-issued firearms and other sensitive assets. 
(C) A classification system for all cat-
egories of Department-issued badges and cor-
responding requirements for safeguarding such 
assets. 
(D) Reporting requirements for lost fire-
arms and other sensitive assets, including 
timelines for such reporting, to supervisors, 
local law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation’s National Crime Information 
Center, and Department headquarters. 
(E) Recordkeeping requirements for lost 
firearms and other sensitive assets in inventory 
systems, including a timeline for recording such 
losses. 
(3) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DIRECTIVE.—Not 
later than one year after the issuance of the direc-
tive required under subsection (a) the Under Sec-
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retary for Management shall review and update, as 
necessary, such directive, including adding a require-
ment relating to recording in the inventory systems 
maintained by each component of the Department 
the acceptance or transfer of a firearm or other sen-
sitive asset by such component. 
(b) PERSONAL
PROPERTY
ASSET
MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM MANUAL.—Together with the issuance of the 
directive pursuant to subsection (a), the Under Secretary 
for Management shall disseminate a revised version of the 
Personal Property Asset Management Program Manual 
that includes the following: 
(1) Procedures to safeguard sensitive assets 
during on- and off-duty time, and utilization of safe-
ty locking devices and policies on the use of such as-
sets, as applicable. 
(2) Initial, recurrent, and remedial training on 
safeguarding such assets. 
(3) Examples, with detail, of how to record lost 
sensitive assets across components of the Depart-
ment, and an enforcement mechanism to ensure su-
pervisors maintain such records. 
(4) A requirement that the file maintained on 
a lost firearm or other sensitive asset contains both 
the corresponding police report and the Department 
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report detailing the circumstances surrounding such 
loss, including information on adherence to safe-
guarding procedures. 
SEC. 5. COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Department component heads shall— 
(1) comply with Federal law, Federal regula-
tions, executive branch guidance, and Department 
policy, including directives required by this Act, re-
lating to the management and oversight of securing 
firearms and other sensitive assets; 
(2) review the need for non-law enforcement 
badges; 
(3) require component personnel to safeguard 
firearms and other sensitive assets in accordance 
with the directive issued by the Under Secretary for 
Management under section 4; 
(4) require that component personnel adhere to 
the procedures and timelines for properly reporting 
to supervisors lost firearms and other sensitive as-
sets; 
(5) require that lost firearms and other sen-
sitive assets are reported to local law enforcement, 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National 
Crime Information Center, and Department head-
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quarters in the timeframe established in such direc-
tive; and 
(6) require that lost firearms and other sen-
sitive assets are recorded in inventory systems in the 
timeframe established by such directive. 
SEC. 6. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW. 
The Inspector General of the Department of Home-
land Security shall, on an ongoing basis, review implemen-
tation of this Act and, not later than 180 days after 
issuance of the directive under section 4, submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a review of the 
progress and effectiveness of such directive, including an 
assessment of the adequacy of such directive, as well as 
the level of compliance among the components of the De-
partment to achieve adequate security of sensitive assets 
across Department components. 
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