‘‘(A) PANEL.—The Secretary shall convene 
a panel that will develop recommendations for 
the accreditation and minimum certification 
standards under this subsection, which shall con-
sist of canine training subject matter experts, in-
cluding representatives from the private sector 
and academia, as designated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
rec-
ommendations shall consist of a multitier set of 
standards designed to provide minimum accredi-
tation and certification standards, as well as a 
higher level of standards based on mission-crit-
ical objectives of the components that use explo-
sives detection canines. The standards shall ad-
dress both initial and recurrent training and 
certification. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW AND REVISION.—After provi-
sion of the recommendations, the panel shall 
meet no less than biennially to review and revise 
the recommendations. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $300,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR STANDARDS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall issue accreditation and minimum 
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certification standards under the amendment made by sub-
section (a) by not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 110. DEVELOPMENT OF A BALANCED WORKFORCE. 
(a) COMPONENT STRATEGIES.—Each component of the 
Department shall coordinate with the Chief Human Capital 
Officer of the Department to develop its own 5-year work-
force strategy that will support the Department’s goals, ob-
jectives, and performance measures for determining the 
proper balance of Federal employees and private labor re-
sources. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENTS.—The Chief Human 
Capital Officer shall ensure that in the development of the 
strategy required by subsection (a) for a component the 
head of the component reports to the Chief Human Capital 
Officer on the human resources considerations associated 
with creating additional Federal full-time equivalent posi-
tions, converting private contractors to Federal employees, 
or relying on the private sector for goods and services, in-
cluding— 
(1) hiring projections, including occupation and 
grade level, as well as corresponding salaries, benefits, 
and hiring or retention bonuses; 
(2) the identification of critical skills require-
ments over the 5-year period, any current or antici-
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pated deficiency in critical skills required at the De-
partment, and the training or other measures re-
quired to address those deficiencies in skills; 
(3) recruitment of qualified candidates and re-
tention of qualified employees; 
(4) supervisory and management requirements; 
(5) travel and related personnel support costs; 
(6) the anticipated cost and impact on mission 
performance associated with replacing Federal per-
sonnel due to their retirement or other attrition; and 
(7) other appropriate factors. 
(c) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—The Department shall pro-
vide to the appropriate congressional committees, together 
with submission of the annual budget justification, infor-
mation on the progress within the Department of fulfilling 
the workforce strategies required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 111. DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 151 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 5 
U.S.C. 5928 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Drug Enforce-
ment Administration or Federal Bureau of Investigations’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, or the Department of Homeland 
Security’’. 
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SEC. 112. FLETC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON COUNTER- 
VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 
Prior to offering or implementing any program, in-
cluding any pilot program, intended to provide training 
on increasing awareness relating to and countering violent 
Islamist extremism, the Director of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center (FLETC) shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees the following: 
(1) The classified case study information that the 
Department provided to the National Consortium for 
the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism 
regarding the radicalization process for the goal of 
violent extremism. 
(2) A detailed description of the training that 
FLETC intends to implement as part of the program, 
including all training materials that are being dis-
tributed as part of the program. 
(3) An identification of the executive agency or 
agencies that participated in the development of the 
training. 
(4) A description of what qualifications will be 
required for instructors to provide the training, in-
cluding— 
(A) whether the instructor has counterter-
rorism or intelligence experience; and 
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(B) the degree of the instructor’s knowledge 
and expertise on Al Qaeda and radicalization. 
(5) An estimate of the amount of funds the De-
partment will expend for any such program, includ-
ing a plan for such expenditures and specification of 
the existing programs from which the funds will be 
drawn. 
SEC. 113. FUTURE-YEARS HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 874 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 454) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 874. FUTURE-YEARS HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 30 days fol-
lowing the date of each fiscal year on which the budget of 
the President is submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a fu-
ture-years homeland security program that provides de-
tailed estimates of the projected expenditures and cor-
responding requests for appropriations included in that 
budget. The future-years homeland security program shall 
cover the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted as 
well as the four succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) CONSISTENCY OF BUDGET REQUEST WITH ESTI-
MATES OF NECESSARY EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIA-
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TIONS.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall endeavor 
to ensure that the projected amounts specified in program 
and budget information submitted to Congress in support 
of the President’s budget request are consistent with the esti-
mates for expenditures and proposed appropriations nec-
essary to support the programs, projects, and activities of 
the Department included in the budget pursuant to section 
1105(a) (5) of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) EXPLANATION OF ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIES 
AND PLANS.—Together with the detailed estimates of the 
projected expenditures and corresponding requests for ap-
propriations submitted for the future years homeland secu-
rity program, the Secretary shall provide an explanation 
of how those estimates and requests align with the homeland 
security strategies and plans developed and updated as ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) PROJECTION OF ACQUISITION ESTIMATES.—Each 
futures year homeland security funding program shall 
project acquisition estimates for a period of 5 fiscal years, 
with specified estimates for each fiscal year, for all tech-
nology acquisitions within the Department and each com-
ponent therein, including refresh and sustainment expenses, 
as well as the annual deployment schedule of any acquisi-
tion with a total cost over the 5-fiscal-year period estimated 
to exceed $50,000,000. 
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‘‘(e) CONTINGENCY AMOUNTS.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as prohibiting the inclusion in the future- 
years homeland security program of amounts for manage-
ment contingencies, subject to the requirements of subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUB-
LIC.—The Secretary shall make available to the public in 
electronic form the information required to be submitted to 
Congress under this section, except those portions that are 
deemed to be classified in nature under the parameters of 
section 537 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item 
relating to such section and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 874. Future-years homeland security program.’’. 
SEC. 114. COST OF SUBMISSIONS TO CONGRESS. 
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall include at 
the front of each plan, report, strategy, or other written ma-
terial provided to the appropriate congressional committees 
pursuant to a congressional mandate, information on the 
costs and the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) per-
sonnel required for complying with the mandate to the 
greatest extent practical. If the Secretary deems that it is 
not practical, the Secretary shall instead provide an ex-
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planatory statement delineating why the information can-
not be provided. 
SEC. 115. PROTECTION OF NAME, INITIALS, INSIGNIA, AND 
SEAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 875 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 455) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF NAME, INITIALS, INSIGNIA, AND 
SEAL.— 
‘‘(1) PROTECTION.—Except with the written per-
mission of the Secretary, no person may knowingly 
use, in connection with any advertisement, commer-
cial activity, audiovisual production (including, but 
not limited to, film or television production), imper-
sonation, Internet domain name, Internet e-mail ad-
dress, or Internet web site, merchandise, retail prod-
uct, or solicitation in a manner reasonably calculated 
to convey the impression that the Department of 
Homeland Security or any organizational element of 
the Department has approved endorsed, or authorized 
such use, any of the following (or any colorable imita-
tion thereof): 
‘‘(A) the words ‘Department of Homeland 
Security’, the initials ‘DHS’, or the insignia seal 
of the Department; or 
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‘‘(B) any ‘DHS visual identities’ meaning 
DHS or DHS Component name, initials, seal, 
insignia, trade or certification marks of DHS or 
any DHS Component or any combination, vari-
ation, or colorable imitation of indicia alone or 
in combination with other words to convey the 
impression of affiliation, connection, approval, 
or endorsement by DHS or any DHS compo-
nent; or 
‘‘(C) the name, initials, insignia, or seal of 
any organizational element/component (includ-
ing any former such element/component) of the 
Department. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.—Whenever it appears 
to the Attorney General that any person is engaged 
or is about to engage in an act or practice which con-
stitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by sub-
section (d)(1), the Attorney General may initiate a 
civil proceeding in a district court of the United 
State to enjoin such at or practice. Such court shall 
proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and de-
termination of such action and may, at any time be-
fore final determination, enter such retraining orders 
or prohibitions, or take such other actions as is war-
ranted, to prevent injury to the United State or to 
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any person or class of persons for whose protection the 
act is brought. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub-
section, the term ‘audiovisual production’ means the 
production of a work that consists of a series of re-
lated images which are intrinsically intended to be 
shown by the use of machines or devices such as pro-
jectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together with 
accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature 
of the material objects, such as films or taps, in which 
the work is embodied.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 709 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘authorized by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation; or’’ the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘Whoever, except with the written permission of the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, know-
ingly uses the words ‘‘Department of Homeland Security,’’ 
the initials ‘‘DHS,’’ or any colorable imitation of such 
words or initials, or the words, initials, seals, or colorable 
imitations relating to any subcomponents thereof, in con-
nection with any advertisement, circular, book, pamphlet 
or other publication, play, motion picture, broadcast, tele-
cast, or other production, in a manner reasonably cal-
culated to convey the impression that such advertisement, 
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circular, book, pamphlet or other publication, play, motion 
picture, broadcast telecast, or other production, is approved, 
endorsed, or authorized by the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; or’’. 
SEC. 116. OFFICE OF POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is further amended by 
inserting after section 602 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 603. OFFICE OF POLICY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment the Office of Policy, to be headed by the Under 
Secretary for Policy as authorized under the Department 
of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY.—The Of-
fice of Policy shall— 
‘‘(1) develop Department policies, programs, and 
planning, consistent with the quadrennial homeland 
security review, to promote and ensure quality, con-
sistency, and integration for the programs, offices, 
and activities of the Department across all homeland 
security missions; 
‘‘(2) develop and articulate the long-term stra-
tegic view of the Department and translate the Sec-
retary’s strategic priorities into capstone planning 
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products that drive increased operational effectiveness 
through integration, prioritization, and resource allo-
cation; 
‘‘(3) lead Departmental international engage-
ment and activities; 
‘‘(4) represent the Department position to other 
Federal Agencies and the President; and 
‘‘(5) coordinate with policy officials in Depart-
mental components to ensure the effective and efficient 
implementation of policy.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.) is further amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 602 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 603. Office of Policy.’’. 
SEC. 117. FEDERAL VACANCY COMPLIANCE. 
For a position at the Department that is subject to 
sections 3345 through 3349d of title 5, United States Code 
(referred to as the ‘‘Vacancies Reform Act of 1998’’), the 
Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of any position held by an individual on a tem-
porary or acting basis for 210 days. Such notification shall 
include— 
(1) the duration of the vacancy as of the date of 
the notification; 
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(2) information on whether a nomination to fill 
the vacancy is pending before the Senate and, if so, 
the status of that nomination within the Senate; and 
(3) what actions, if any, the Secretary intends to 
take to bring the Department in compliance with such 
sections. 
SEC. 118. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS. 
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, to the 
greatest extent practicable, submit each plan, report, strat-
egy, or other written material provided to the appropriate 
congressional committees pursuant to a congressional man-
date in an electronic format. 
SEC. 119. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 343) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Information Offi-
cer shall— 
‘‘(1) advise and assist the Secretary, heads of the 
components of the Department, and other senior offi-
cers in carrying out the responsibilities of the Depart-
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ment for all activities relating to the programs and 
operations of the information technology functions of 
the Department; 
‘‘(2) establish the information technology prior-
ities, policies, processes, standards, guidelines, and 
procedures of the Department; 
‘‘(3) coordinate and ensure implementation of 
information technology priorities, policies, processes, 
standards, guidelines, and procedures within the De-
partment; 
‘‘(4) be responsible for information technology 
capital planning and investment management in ac-
cordance with sections 11312 and 11313 of title 40, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(5) in coordination with the Chief Procurement 
Officer of the Department, assume responsibility for 
information systems acquisition, development, and in-
tegration as required by section 11312 of title 40, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(6) in coordination with the Chief Procurement 
Officer of the Department, review and approve any 
information technology acquisition with a total value 
greater than a threshold level to be determined by the 
Secretary; 
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‘‘(7) in coordination with relevant officials of the 
Department, ensure that information technology sys-
tems meet the standards established under the infor-
mation sharing environment, as defined in section 
1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485); 
‘‘(8) perform other responsibilities required 
under section 3506 of title 44, United States Code, 
and section 11315 of title 40, United States Code; and 
‘‘(9) perform such other responsibilities as the 
Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 120. COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY REVIEWS. 
The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for 
Management of the Department, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees the following: 
(1) A report that provides a detailed accounting 
of the management and administrative expenditures 
and activities of the components of the Department 
and identifies potential cost savings and efficiencies 
for those expenditures and activities of each compo-
nent of the Department. 
(2) The findings of a study that examines the 
size, experience level, and geographic distribution of 
the operational personnel of the Department, includ-
ing U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, Bor-
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der Patrol agents, U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion Air and Marine agents, U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection Agriculture Specialists, Federal Protec-
tive Service Law Enforcement Security Officers, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 
Transportation Security Officers, Federal air mar-
shals, and members of the Coast Guard, and rec-
ommendations for adjustments that would reduce defi-
ciencies in the Department’s capabilities, reduce costs, 
and enhance efficiencies. 
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUI-
SITION POLICY 
SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUISI-
TIONS AND PROCUREMENT REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 708. DEPARTMENT ACQUISITIONS AND PROCURE-
MENT REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review the 
proposed acquisitions and procurements by the Department. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The review under subsection (a) shall 
inform the Department’s investment decisions, evaluate 
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lifecycles of procurements, strengthen acquisition oversight, 
and improve resource management in a risk-based manner. 
‘‘(c) ACQUISITION REVIEW BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an Acquisition Review Board for the purpose 
of carrying out the review of proposed acquisitions 
and procurements required under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate appropriate officers from throughout the De-
partment to serve on the Acquisition Review Board, 
including an appointee to serve as chair of the Board. 
‘‘(3) SUBORDINATE
BOARDS
AND
COUNCILS.— 
The Secretary may establish subordinate boards and 
councils to support the Acquisition Review Board. 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENT THRESHOLDS.—The Secretary may 
establish materiality thresholds for the review of invest-
ments by the Acquisition Review Board or any subordinate 
board or council. 
‘‘(e) SAFETY ACT.—The Acquisition Review Board 
shall identify proposed investments and acquisitions across 
the Department that should utilize the pre-qualification des-
ignation notice, the block designation, or the block certifi-
cation processes available under subtitle G of title VIII, and 
provide its findings to the Under Secretary for Manage-
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ment, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and 
the relevant acquisition authority for implementation. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an an-
nual report, broken down on a quarterly basis, on the ac-
tivities of the Acquisition Review Board, including detailed 
descriptions of and statistics on programs and activities re-
viewed by the Acquisition Review Board.’’. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the processes and protocols imple-
mented to carry out the review required under the amend-
ment made by subsection (a). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title VII the following: 
‘‘Sec. 708. Department acquisitions and procurement review.’’. 
SEC. 202. CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 709. CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Capa-
bilities and Requirements Council in the Department. 
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‘‘(b) MISSION.—The Capabilities and Requirements 
Council shall provide recommendations and assistance to 
the Secretary for the following: 
‘‘(1) Identifying, assessing, and approving home-
land security investments and acquisition require-
ments, including investments in and requirements for 
existing programs, systems, and equipment, to meet 
homeland security strategic goals and objectives. 
‘‘(2) Harmonizing common investments and re-
quirements across Department organizational ele-
ments. 
‘‘(3) Reviewing the mission need associated with 
each proposed investment or acquisition requirement 
identified under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) Reviewing major investments across the De-
partment to ensure consistency with homeland secu-
rity strategic goals and objectives. 
‘‘(5) Ensuring the use of cost-benefit analyses, 
giving consideration to factors such as cost, schedule, 
performance, risk, and operational efficiency, in order 
to determine the most viable homeland security in-
vestments or acquisition requirements identified 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) Establishing and assigning priority levels 
for the homeland security investments and require-
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ments identified under paragraph (1), in consultation 
with advisors to the Council engaged under subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(7) Reviewing the estimated level of resources 
required to fulfill the homeland security requirements 
identified under paragraph (1) and to ensure that 
such resource level is consistent with the level of pri-
ority assigned to such requirement. 
‘‘(8) Proposing schedules for delivery of the oper-
ational capability needed to meet each homeland secu-
rity requirement identified under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(9) Identifying alternatives to any acquisition 
program that meet homeland security requirements 
identified under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(10) Providing recommendations to the Acquisi-
tion Review Board established under section 708. 
‘‘(11) Performing any other duties established by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The Capabilities and Require-
ments Council is composed of— 
‘‘(1) the Under Secretary for Management of the 
Department, who shall act as the Chairman of the 
Council; and 
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‘‘(2) appropriate representatives from the compo-
nents and organizational elements of the Department, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ADVISORS.—The Council shall seek and consider 
input from members of Federal, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, and the private sector, as appropriate, on matters 
within their authority and expertise in carrying out its 
mission under subsection (b).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to title VII the following: 
‘‘Sec. 709. Capabilities and Requirements Council.’’. 
SEC. 203. ACQUISITION AUTHORITIES FOR THE UNDER SEC-
RETARY FOR MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 701 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Procure-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition, as provided in 
subsection (d)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ACQUISITION
AND
RELATED
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall act as the senior acquisition officer 
for the Department and shall administer functions re-
lating to acquisition, including— 
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‘‘(F) prescribing policies to ensure that 
audit and oversight of contractor activities are 
coordinated and carried out in a risk-based 
manner that prevents redundancies among the 
different components of the Department. 
‘‘(2) UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR
SCIENCE
AND 
TECHNOLOGY.—Nothing in this subsection shall di-
minish or otherwise affect the authority granted to the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology under 
this Act. The Under Secretary for Management and 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall 
cooperate in matters of mutual interest related to the 
subjects addressed by this subsection.’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall report to Congress within 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act on a comprehensive 
acquisition management plan for the Department, includ-
ing performance metrics, to— 
(1) improve collaboration, coordination, and 
awareness of technologies and capabilities across com-
ponents of the Department, the Federal Government, 
universities, and the private sector when developing 
program requirements for acquisitions by the Depart-
ment; 
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(2) evaluate the reasons for modifying program 
requirements after an award of a contract and ana-
lyze the need for modifications and whether modifica-
tions would lead to contract cost overruns or time 
delays; 
(3) ensure regular communication with and sup-
port from State and local entities when developing 
program requirements and modifying program re-
quirements; 
(4) provide increased oversight and management 
on identified high-risk acquisitions; 
(5) evaluate the turnover rate of program man-
agers and contracting officers throughout a contract 
and its impact on program requirement modifica-
tions, cost overruns, and time delays; and 
(6) evaluate the time it takes between first devel-
oping program requirements, through the acquisition 
review process, up until a contract award is made. 
SEC. 204. ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CAREER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 710. ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CAREER PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish 
at the Department an Acquisition Professional Career Pro-
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gram for the recruitment, training, and retention of acqui-
sition professionals for the Department. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The program established under sub-
section (a) shall rotate participants through various head-
quarters and component acquisition and program offices to 
assure that participants receive broad experience and devel-
opmental training throughout the Department. 
‘‘(c) ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL.—An acquisition 
professional shall include, but is not limited to, an indi-
vidual employed by the Department as a contract specialist, 
program manager, or technical representative of a con-
tracting office. 
‘‘(d) LIMIT.—Subject to appropriations, the Secretary 
may not hire more than 100 participants for the program 
established under subsection (a) in each fiscal year from 
2012 to 2015.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 710. Acquisition Professional Career Program.’’. 
SEC. 205. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Procurement 
Officer and the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate 
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congressional committees a 5-year strategic plan for the ac-
quisition workforce of the Department. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) designate the acquisition positions that will 
be necessary to support the Department acquisition 
requirements, including in the fields of— 
(A) program management; 
(B) systems planning, research, develop-
ment, engineering, and testing; 
(C) procurement, including contracting; 
(D) industrial property management; 
(E) logistics; 
(F) quality control and assurance; 
(G) manufacturing and production; 
(H) business, cost estimating, financial 
management, and auditing; 
(I) education, training, and career develop-
ment; 
(J) construction; and 
(K) joint projects with other Government 
agencies and foreign countries; 
(2) identify acquisition workforce needs of each 
Department component performing acquisition func-
tions and develop a schedule for filling those needs; 
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(3) include departmental guidance and risk- 
based policies on the use of contractors to perform ac-
quisition functions; 
(4) summarize the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of the workforce identified in para-
graph (2); and 
(5) establish goals for achieving integration and 
consistency with Governmentwide training and ac-
creditation standards, acquisition training tools, and 
training facilities. 
(c) OTHER ACQUISITION POSITIONS.—The Chief Ac-
quisition Officer of the Department may, as appropriate, 
designate as acquisition positions those additional positions 
that perform significant acquisition-related functions with-
in that component of the Department. 
SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF MAJOR AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF MAJOR PRO-
CUREMENT AWARDS. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTS.—The 
Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees at least 3 business days prior to— 
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291 
Strategy for Counterterrorism’s ‘‘Area of Focus’’, with spe-
cific attention on the counterterrorism threat to the home-
land emanating from Iran’s growing presence and influence 
in the Western Hemisphere. 
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