IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 504 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 29, 2019 
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 require 
the Department of Homeland Security to develop an 
engagement strategy with fusion centers, 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 ‘‘DHS Field Engage-
ment Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS. 
Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended by— 
(1) redesigning subsections (j) and (k) as sub-
sections (k) and (l), respectively; and 
(2) inserting after subsection (i) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(j) 
FUSION
CENTER
INFORMATION
SHARING 
STRATEGY.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop 
and update at least once every five years a strategy for 
Department engagement with fusion centers. Such strat-
egy shall be developed and updated in consultation with 
the heads of intelligence components of the Department, 
the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, the Officer 
for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department, of-
ficials of fusion centers, officers designated as Homeland 
Security Advisors, and the heads of other relevant agen-
cies, as appropriate. Such strategy shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing 
information and engaging with fusion centers— 
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‘‘(A) through the direct deployment of per-
sonnel from intelligence components of the De-
partment; 
‘‘(B) through the use of Department un-
classified and classified information sharing 
systems, including the Homeland Security In-
formation Sharing Network and the Homeland 
Secure Data Network, or any successor sys-
tems; and 
‘‘(C) through any additional means. 
‘‘(2) The performance metrics to be used to 
measure success in achieving the goals and objec-
tives referred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) A five-year plan for continued engagement 
with fusion centers.’’. 
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD 
PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO FUSION CENTERS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) consider the effectiveness of existing proc-
esses to identify and prepare field personnel for de-
ployment to support fusion centers and internal 
mechanisms to ensure oversight and accountability 
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of such field personnel, including field personnel as-
signed to one center and field personnel assigned to 
multiple centers; and 
(2) 
publish 
and 
disseminate 
performance 
metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional 
and threat diversity, for— 
(A) field personnel from the Office of In-
telligence and Analysis assigned to an indi-
vidual fusion center; 
(B) field personnel from the Office of In-
telligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fu-
sion centers; and 
(C) regional Directors of the Office of In-
telligence and Analysis to ensure accountability 
for monitoring all field personnel under the su-
pervision of such Regional Directors. 
(b) TRAINING.—In consultation with the Chief Infor-
mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 
Department shall develop and implement a formalized 
training module for fusion center personnel regarding the 
classified Homeland Secure Data Network of the Depart-
ment, or any successor system. 
(c) FUSION CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘fusion center’’ has the meaning given such term in 
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section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 124h). 
SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Intelligence 
Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment, shall— 
(1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effec-
tive use by components of the Department of the 
Department’s unclassified Homeland Security Infor-
mation Sharing Network, or any successor system; 
and 
(2) develop policies for posting unclassified 
products on the Homeland Security Information 
Sharing Network, or any successor system. 
(b) TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS.—The Chief Infor-
mation Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Chief Intelligence Officer of the 
Department, shall assess and implement, as appropriate, 
technical enhancements to the Homeland Security Infor-
mation Sharing Network (HSIN) to improve usability, in-
cluding search functionality, data analysis, and collabora-
tion capabilities. 
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SEC. 5. REPORT. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate a report on the implementa-
tion of the following: 
(1) The fusion center information sharing strat-
egy required under subsection (j) of section 210A of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
124h), as added by section 2 of this Act, based on 
performance metrics developed pursuant to such 
strategy. 
(2) Field personnel deployed to fusion centers 
(as such term is defined in section 210A of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)) in 
accordance with section 3, based on performance 
metrics developed pursuant to such section. 
(3) Policies that seek to ensure the effective use 
of the Homeland Security Information Sharing Net-
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work in accordance with section 4, based on the 
metrics developed pursuant to such section. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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