I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1892 
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 
MARCH 26, 2019 
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 Sec-
retary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial home-
land security reviews, 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 ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 
Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 
HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad-
visory committees established pursuant to sec-
tion 871, including the Homeland Security Ad-
visory Council and the Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or 
otherwise established, including the Aviation 
Security Advisory Committee established pursu-
ant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 
Code; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based 
on the risk assessment required pursuant to 
subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac-
ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘resources required’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac-
ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 
to provide sufficient resources to success-
fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 
to’’; and 
(iii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing any resources identified from redun-
dant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities 
or capacities that may be redirected to bet-
ter support other existing capabilities or 
capacities, as the case may be; and’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (6); 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31 of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days 
after the date of the submission of the Presi-
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dent’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 
year’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be-
fore the semicolon at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘a description’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ 
and inserting ‘‘resources required’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (F)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (G)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 
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(III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be-
fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 
(IV) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 
and 
(vii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(I) as subparagraph (H); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 
retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 
following documentation regarding each quadrennial 
homeland security review: 
‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 
carried out pursuant to subsection (a)(3), in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘(i) All written communications, in-
cluding communications sent out by the 
Secretary and feedback submitted to the 
Secretary through technology, online com-
munications tools, in-person discussions, 
and the interagency process. 
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‘‘(ii) Information on how feedback re-
ceived by the Secretary informed each such 
quadrennial homeland security review. 
‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as-
sessment required pursuant to subsection 
(c)(2)(B), including the following: 
‘‘(i) The risk model utilized to gen-
erate such risk assessment. 
‘‘(ii) Information, including data used 
in the risk model, utilized to generate such 
risk assessment. 
‘‘(iii) Sources of information, includ-
ing other risk assessments, utilized to gen-
erate such risk assessment. 
‘‘(iv) Information on assumptions, 
weighing factors, and subjective judgments 
utilized to generate such risk assessment, 
together with information on the rationale 
or basis thereof.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub-
mission of each report required under subsection (c)(1), 
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