IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2468 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 
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 establish 
a homeland intelligence doctrine for the Department 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unifying DHS Intel-
ligence Enterprise Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 210G. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 
acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De-
partment, in coordination with intelligence components of 
the Department, the Office of the General Counsel, the 
Privacy Office, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, shall develop and disseminate written Depart-
ment-wide guidance for the processing, analysis, produc-
tion, and dissemination of homeland security information 
(as such term is defined in section 892) and terrorism in-
formation (as such term is defined in section 1016 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (6 U.S.C. 485)). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance required under sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of guiding principles and 
purposes of the Department’s intelligence enterprise. 
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‘‘(2) A summary of the roles and responsibil-
ities of each intelligence component of the Depart-
ment and programs of the intelligence components of 
the Department in the processing, analysis, produc-
tion, or dissemination of homeland security informa-
tion and terrorism information, including relevant 
authorities and restrictions applicable to each intel-
ligence component of the Department and programs 
of each such intelligence component. 
‘‘(3) Guidance for the processing, analysis, and 
production of such information. 
‘‘(4) Guidance for the dissemination of such in-
formation, including within the Department, among 
and between Federal departments and agencies, 
among and between State, local, tribal, and terri-
torial governments, including law enforcement, and 
with foreign partners and the private sector. 
‘‘(5) An assessment and description of how the 
dissemination to the intelligence community (as such 
term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) and Federal 
law enforcement of homeland security information 
and terrorism information assists such entities in 
carrying out their respective missions. 
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‘‘(c) FORM.—The guidance required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.—For each of the 5 fiscal 
years beginning with the fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the guidance required under sub-
section (a) and, as appropriate, revise such guidance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
210F the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210G. Homeland intelligence doctrine.’’. 
SEC. 3. ANALYSTS FOR THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFI-
CER. 
Paragraph (1) of section 201(e) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(e)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 
shall also provide the Chief Intelligence Officer with a 
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staff having appropriate expertise and experience to assist 
the Chief Intelligence Officer.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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