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Union Calendar No. 70 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 
[Report No. 116–95] 
To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 
enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2019 
Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
MAY 30, 2019 
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 May 8, 2019] 
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A BILL 
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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 ‘‘DHS Overseas Personnel 
Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub-
mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required under 
section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 180 days 
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding Department 
of Homeland Security personnel with primary duties that 
take place outside of the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefings required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed summary of, and deployment 
schedule for, each type of personnel position with pri-
mary duties that take place outside of the United 
States and how each such position contributes to the 
Department of Homeland Security’s counterterrorism 
mission. 
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ment personnel at foreign locations and Department 
entities in the United States, including technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges. 
(9) The status of efforts to implement the strat-
egy referred to in subsection (a). 
(10) The status of efforts (beginning with the sec-
ond briefing required under this section) to imple-
ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 
SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
first briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effec-
tiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel at 
foreign locations. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required under 
subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 
(1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 
Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 
for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity de-
velopment and furthering the Department’s counter-
terrorism mission; 
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(2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per-
sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 
States; 
(3) enhance collaboration among Department 
personnel at foreign locations, other Federal personnel 
at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 
(4) improve the communication of counterter-
rorism information between Department personnel at 
foreign locations and Department entities in the 
United States, including to address technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges; and 
(5) maintain practices to guard against counter- 
espionage threats associated with Department per-
sonnel. 
SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 
The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi-
nate on the date that is four years after the submission of 
the strategy referred to in such section. 
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Union Calendar No. 70 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2590 
[Report No. 116–95] 
A BILL 
To require a Department of Homeland Security 
overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 30, 2019 
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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