IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5385 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 12, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 
Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016’’. 
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’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraph (C): 
‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad-
visory committees established pursuant to sec-
tion 871 of this Act, including the Homeland 
Security Advisory Council and the Homeland 
Security Science and Technology Advisory Com-
mittee, or otherwise established, including the 
Aviation Security Advisory Committee estab-
lished pursuant 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 
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on the risk assessment required pursuant to 
subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(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 semicolan after 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘, including 
any resources identified from redundant, 
wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and 
capacities that can be redirected to better 
support other existing capabilities and ca-
pacities; and’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (6); 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘December 31 of the 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after the 
date of the submittal of the President’s 
budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 
year’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘conducted’’ and in-
serting ‘‘required under subsection (a)(1)’’; 
(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), by inserting 
‘‘to the extent practicable,’’ before ‘‘a de-
scription’’; 
(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)— 
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(I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 
(III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be-
fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 
(IV) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(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): 
‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 
retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 
following documentation regarding the quadrennial 
homeland security review: 
‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 
carried out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
including— 
‘‘(i) all written communications, in-
cluding communications sent out by the 
Secretary and feedback submitted to the 
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Secretary through technology, online com-
munications tools, in-person discussions, 
and the interagency process; and 
‘‘(ii) information on how feedback re-
ceived by the Secretary informed the quad-
rennial homeland security review. 
‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as-
sessment, 
as 
required 
under 
subsection 
(c)(2)(B), including— 
‘‘(i) the risk model utilized to generate 
the risk assessment; 
‘‘(ii) information, including data used 
in the risk model, utilized to generate the 
risk assessment; 
‘‘(iii) sources of information, including 
other risk assessments, utilized to generate 
the risk assessment; and 
‘‘(iv) information on assumptions, 
weighing factors, and subjective judgments 
utilized to generate the risk assessment, 
together with information on the rationale 
or basis thereof.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(e) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub-
mission of the report pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate information on the degree to which the findings 
and recommendations developed in the review were inte-
grated into the acquisition strategy and expenditure plans 
for the Department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home-
land security review required to be submitted after Decem-
ber 31, 2017. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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