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Union Calendar No. 710 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6447 
[Report No. 115–915] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the position 
of Chief Data Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 19, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the position of Chief Data Officer of the Department 
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHIEF DATA OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CHIEF DATA OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Chief Information Officer, shall des-
ignate a career appointee (as such term is defined in 
section 3132 of title 5, United States Code) of the De-
partment as the Chief Data Officer of the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Data Officer 
shall possess demonstrated training and experience in 
the management, governance, generation, collection, 
protection, analysis, use, and sharing of data, includ-
ing the protection and de-identification of personally 
identifiable information. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Data Officer shall 
be responsible for the following: 
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‘‘(A) Ensuring that the Department con-
forms with data management best practices rec-
ognized across industry and the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(B) Coordinating the organization and in-
tegration of data across the Department for im-
proved interoperability, analysis, and decision- 
making. 
‘‘(C) Reviewing the impact of the infra-
structure of the Department regarding data in-
tegrity and interoperability. 
‘‘(D) Coordinating the release of data for 
public use following appropriate privacy reviews 
within the Department, as coordinated with the 
Chief Privacy Officer. 
‘‘(E) Promoting the use of modern data sys-
tems to improve Department operations. 
‘‘(F) Coordinating the storage of Depart-
ment records in accordance with the National 
Archives and Records Administration’s General 
Records Schedules. 
‘‘(G) Overseeing, in coordination with the 
Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, as ap-
propriate, the Department’s compliance with the 
following responsibilities: 
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‘‘(i) Issuing guidelines ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility 
and integrity of information (including sta-
tistical information). 
‘‘(ii) 
Establishing 
administrative 
mechanisms that allow affected persons to 
seek and obtain correction of information 
maintained and disseminated by relevant 
components of the Department that does not 
comply with the Department’s guidelines. 
‘‘(iii) Reporting to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget about the 
number and nature of complaints received 
by relevant components of the Department 
regarding the accuracy of information dis-
seminated and how such complaints were 
handled by such components. 
‘‘(H) Coordinating with appropriate offi-
cials of the Department, including the Chief Pri-
vacy Officer, component privacy officers, compo-
nent Chief Data Officers, and program man-
agers, regarding the use of data within their re-
spective components and under their authorities. 
‘‘(I) Serving as the liaison to other Federal 
agencies and the Office of Management and 
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Budget on data and the best way to use existing 
Department data for statistical purposes. 
‘‘(4) COMPONENT CHIEF DATA OFFICERS.—The 
heads of each operational component of the Depart-
ment, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer of 
the Department and the Chief Information Officer of 
such component, shall designate a career appointee 
(as such term is defined in section 3132 of title 5, 
United States Code) from each such component of the 
Department as the Chief Data Officer of their respec-
tive component. Each such component Chief Data Of-
ficer shall— 
‘‘(A) have the qualifications described under 
subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(B) coordinate with and assist the Chief 
Data Officer of the Department in the implemen-
tation of the functions specified in subpara-
graphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (3) for 
their respective component. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection and peri-
odically thereafter as necessary, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
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Senate a report on the implementation of this sub-
section, including any concerns regarding such imple-
mentation.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 710 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6447 
[Report No. 115–915] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the position of Chief Data Officer of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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