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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6231 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a prioritized policy 
issuance review process for the Department of Homeland Security, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 
Mr. IVEY (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, and Mr. EZELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
a prioritized policy issuance review process for the De-
partment of Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Policy Issuance Review Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY ISSUANCE REVIEW PROCESS. 
Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraph (13) as 
paragraph (14); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) Overseeing the Department’s process for 
review and approval of policy issuance documents.’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second subsection (e) 
(relating to the definition of interoperable commu-
nications) as subsection (f); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) POLICY ISSUANCE REVIEW PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Under Secretary for Management shall require a 
prioritized periodic review process (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘Review Process’) of Department 
policy issuance documents. 
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL
OVERSIGHT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection and annually thereafter, the Under 
Secretary for Management shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a brief-
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ing on the Review Process, including relating to the 
Department’s record of reviewing and updating ex-
isting policy issuance documents. Each such briefing 
shall include information relating to the following: 
‘‘(A) All policy issuance documents, includ-
ing, with respect to each such document, the 
title, policy number, revision number, issue 
date, and last reviewed date. 
‘‘(B) All policy issuance documents can-
celed in the prior year. 
‘‘(C) An explanation of the methodology 
used to prioritize the review of policy issuance 
documents. 
‘‘(D) The procedures used by the Depart-
ment to track and coordinate with Department 
components the issuance, review, and cancella-
tions of policy issuance documents. 
‘‘(E) The number of staff and vacancies 
within the Management Directorate responsible 
for supporting the Review Process. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection the term 
‘policy issuance document’— 
‘‘(A) means a Department-level directive, 
instruction, designation, or delegation, issued in 
accordance with the process referred to in sub-
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section (a)(13) or any process for issuing such 
documents consistent with Department policy 
as may be in effect; and 
‘‘(B) does not include documents— 
‘‘(i) issued in accordance with a proc-
ess other than a process referred to in sub-
section (a)(13) or the Review Process; or 
‘‘(ii) documents published in the Fed-
eral Register. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to— 
‘‘(A) invalidate any policy issuance docu-
ment created on, before, or after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection; 
‘‘(B) serve as a basis for action to chal-
lenge the validity of such a policy issuance doc-
ument; or 
‘‘(C) create any right or benefit, whether 
substantive or procedural, enforceable by any 
person in any administrative or judicial pro-
ceeding.’’. 
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