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Union Calendar No. 69 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2589 
[Report No. 116–94] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a homeland 
intelligence doctrine for the Department of Homeland Security, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee 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 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
a homeland intelligence doctrine for 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 ‘‘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 amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 210H. 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 Department, in 
coordination with intelligence components of the Depart-
ment, the Office of the General Counsel, the Privacy Office, 
and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, shall 
develop and disseminate written Department-wide guidance 
for the processing, analysis, production, and dissemination 
of homeland security information (as such term is defined 
in section 892) and terrorism information (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: 
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‘‘(c) FORM.—The guidance required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.—For each of the five fiscal 
years beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the guidance required under subsection 
(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 
210G the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210H. Homeland intelligence doctrine.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
again not later than five years thereafter, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the degree to which 
guidance established pursuant to section 210H of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (as added by section 2 of this 
Act) is implemented across the Department of Homeland 
Security. Such assessment should evaluate the extent to 
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which such guidance is carried out in a manner that pro-
tects privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—In conducting each 
assessment under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall— 
(1) use standard methodology and reporting for-
mats in order to demonstrate and display any 
changes over time; and 
(2) include any other subject matter the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate. 
(c) ACCESS TO RELEVANT DATA.—To carry out this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
that the Comptroller General of the United States has access 
to all relevant data. 
SEC. 4. ANALYSTS FOR THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. 
Paragraph (1) of section 201(e) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary shall 
also provide the Chief Intelligence Officer with a staff hav-
ing appropriate expertise and experience to assist the Chief 
Intelligence Officer.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 69 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
[Report No. 116–94] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish a homeland intelligence doctrine for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 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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