SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish an Insider Threat Program within the Department. 
Such Program shall— 
‘‘(1) provide training and education for Depart-
ment personnel to identify, prevent, mitigate, and re-
spond to insider threat risks to the Department’s 
critical assets; 
‘‘(2) provide investigative support regarding po-
tential insider threats that may pose a risk to the 
Department’s critical assets; and 
‘‘(3) conduct risk mitigation activities for in-
sider threats. 
‘‘(b) STEERING COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a Steering Committee within the Department. 
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
shall serve as the Chair of the Steering Committee. 
The Chief Security Officer shall serve as the Vice
Chair. The Steering Committee shall be comprised 
of representatives of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
the Office of the General Counsel, the Office for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Privacy Office, 
the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Federal 
Protective Service, the Office of the Chief Procure-
ment Officer, the Science and Technology Direc-
torate, and other components or offices of the De-
partment as appropriate. Such representatives shall 
meet on a regular basis to discuss cases and issues 
related to insider threats to the Department’s crit-
ical assets, in accordance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and 
the Chief Security Officer, in coordination with the 
Steering Committee established pursuant to para-
graph (1), shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a holistic strategy for Depart-
ment-wide efforts to identify, prevent, mitigate, 
and respond to insider threats to the Depart-
ment’s critical assets;
‘‘(B) develop a plan to implement the in-
sider threat measures identified in the strategy 
developed under subparagraph (A) across the 
components and offices of the Department; 
‘‘(C) document insider threat policies and 
controls; 
‘‘(D) conduct a baseline risk assessment of 
insider threats posed to the Department’s crit-
ical assets; 
‘‘(E) examine existing programmatic and 
technology best practices adopted by the Fed-
eral Government, industry, and research insti-
tutions to implement solutions that are vali-
dated and cost-effective; 
‘‘(F) develop a timeline for deploying work-
place monitoring technologies, employee aware-
ness campaigns, and education and training 
programs related to identifying, preventing, 
mitigating, and responding to potential insider 
threats to the Department’s critical assets; 
‘‘(G) require the Chair and Vice Chair of 
the Steering Committee to consult with the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology 
and other appropriate stakeholders to ensure 
the Insider Threat Program is informed, on an
ongoing basis, by current information regarding 
threats, beset practices, and available tech-
nology; and 
‘‘(H) develop, collect, and report metrics 
on the effectiveness of the Department’s insider 
threat mitigation efforts. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CRITICAL ASSETS.—The term ‘critical as-
sets’ means the people, facilities, information, and 
technology required for the Department to fulfill its 
mission. 
‘‘(2) INSIDER.—The term ‘insider’ means— 
‘‘(A) any person who has access to classi-
fied national security information and is em-
ployed by, detailed to, or assigned to the De-
partment, including members of the Armed 
Forces, experts or consultants to the Depart-
ment, industrial or commercial contractors, li-
censees, certificate holders, or grantees of the 
Department, including all subcontractors, per-
sonal services contractors, or any other category 
of person who acts for or on behalf of the De-
partment, as determined by the Secretary; or
‘‘(B) State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
private sector personnel who possess security 
clearances granted by the Department. 
‘‘(3) INSIDER
THREAT.—The term ‘insider 
threat’ means the threat that an insider will use his 
or her authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to 
do harm to the security of the United States, includ-
ing damage to the United States through espionage, 
terrorism, the unauthorized disclosure of classified 
national security information, or through the loss or 
degradation of departmental resources or capabili-
ties.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of section 104 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section) and the biennially there-
after for the next 4 years, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate a report on how the De-
partment of Homeland Security and its components
and offices have implemented the strategy developed 
pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section 
104, the status of the Department’s risk assessment 
of critical assets, the types of insider threat training 
conducted, the number of Department employees 
who have received such training, and information on 
the effectiveness of the Insider Threat Program (es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a) of such section 
104), based on metrics developed, collected, and re-
ported pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(H) of such sec-
tion 104. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘critical assets’’, ‘‘insider’’, and ‘‘insider 
threat’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 104 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as 
added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 666 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the Insider Threat Program, and for 
other purposes.