Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 
2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Prohibition on additional authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
HEADQUARTERS REAUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Headquarters components. 
Sec. 103. Chief Privacy Officer. 
Sec. 104. Office of Policy. 
Sec. 105. Quadrennial homeland security review. 
Sec. 106. Future years homeland security program. 
Sec. 107. Management and execution. 
Sec. 108. Chief Financial Officer. 
Sec. 109. Chief Procurement Officer. 
Sec. 110. Chief Information Officer. 
Sec. 111. Chief Human Capital Officer. 
Sec. 112. Chief Security Officer. 
Sec. 113. Cost savings and efficiency reviews. 
Sec. 114. Field efficiencies plan. 
Sec. 115. Resources to respond to operational surges. 
Sec. 116. Department of Homeland Security rotation program. 
TITLE II—DHS ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Authorities 
Sec. 211. Acquisition authorities for Under Secretary for Management. 
Sec. 212. Acquisition authorities for Chief Financial Officer. 
Sec. 213. Acquisition authorities for Chief Information Officer. 
Sec. 214. Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition pro-
grams. 
Subtitle B—Acquisition Program Management Discipline 
Sec. 221. Acquisition Review Board. 
Sec. 222. Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs.
Sec. 223. Government Accountability Office review of Board and of require-
ments to reduce duplication in acquisition programs. 
Sec. 224. Excluded Party List System waivers. 
Sec. 225. Inspector General oversight of suspension and debarment. 
Subtitle C—Acquisition Program Management Accountability and 
Transparency 
Sec. 231. Congressional notification and other requirements for major acquisi-
tion program breach. 
Sec. 232. Multiyear acquisition strategy. 
Sec. 233. Acquisition reports. 
Sec. 234. Government Accountability Office review of multiyear acquisition 
strategy. 
Sec. 235. Office of Inspector General report. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act. This Act and such amendments shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY HEAD-
QUARTERS 
REAUTHORIZA-
TION 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through 
(18) as paragraphs (15) through (20); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(12) as paragraphs (10) through (13);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘homeland security enterprise’ 
means relevant governmental and nongovernmental 
entities involved in homeland security, including 
Federal, State, local, and tribal government officials, 
private sector representatives, academics, and other 
policy experts.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(14) The term ‘management integration and 
transformation’— 
‘‘(A) means the development of consistent 
and consolidated functions for information tech-
nology, financial management, acquisition man-
agement, and human capital management; and 
‘‘(B) includes governing processes and pro-
cedures, management systems, personnel activi-
ties, budget and resource planning, training, 
real estate management, and provision of secu-
rity, as they relate to functions cited in sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 102. HEADQUARTERS COMPONENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘through the Office of State and 
Local Coordination (established under section 
801)’’ and inserting ‘‘through the Office of 
Partnership and Engagement’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) entering into agreements with governments 
of other countries, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, and international nongovernmental organi-
zations in order to achieve the missions of the De-
partment.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) HEADQUARTERS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPONENTS.—The Department Head-
quarters shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) The Office of the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) The Office of the Deputy Secretary. 
‘‘(C) The Executive Secretariat. 
‘‘(D) The Management Directorate, includ-
ing the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
‘‘(E) The Office of Policy. 
‘‘(F) The Office of General Counsel. 
‘‘(G) The Office of the Chief Privacy Offi-
cer. 
‘‘(H) The Office of Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties. 
‘‘(I) The Office of Operations and Coordi-
nation and Planning. 
‘‘(J) The Office of Intelligence and Anal-
ysis. 
‘‘(K) The Office of Legislative Affairs. 
‘‘(L) The Office of Public Affairs. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary, through the 
Headquarters, shall— 
‘‘(A) establish the Department’s overall 
strategy for successfully completing its mission; 
‘‘(B) establish initiatives that improve per-
formance Department-wide; 
‘‘(C) establish mechanisms to ensure that 
components of the Department comply with 
Headquarters policies and fully implement the 
Secretary’s strategies and initiatives and re-
quire the head of each component of the De-
partment and component chief officers to com-
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 475 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
295), and the item relating to such section in the 
table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are re-
pealed. 
(c) ABOLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTER-
NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Office of Counter-
narcotics Enforcement is abolished. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is amended— 
(A) by repealing section 878 (6 U.S.C. 
112), and the item relating to that section in 
the table of contents in section 1(b) of such 
Act; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) of section 
843(b)(1) (6 U.S.C. 413(b)(1)), by striking 
‘‘by—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
that subparagraph and inserting ‘‘by the Sec-
retary; and’’. 
SEC. 103. CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 222 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘to be the Chief Pri-
vacy Officer of the Department,’’ after ‘‘in 
the Department,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, to assume’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and who shall have’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (6) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(6) preparing a report to Congress on an an-
nual basis on— 
‘‘(A) activities of the Department that af-
fect privacy, including complaints of privacy 
violations, implementation of section 554 of 
title 5, United States Code (popularly known as 
the Privacy Act of 1974), internal controls, and 
other matters; and 
‘‘(B) the number of new technology pro-
grams implemented in the Department each fis-
cal year, the number of those programs that the 
Chief Privacy Officer has evaluated to ensure 
that privacy protections are considered and im-
plemented, the number of those programs that 
effectively implemented privacy protections into 
new technology programs, and an explanation
of why any new programs did not effectively im-
plement privacy protections.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 
as subsections (c) through (f); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition 
to the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Chief Pri-
vacy Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) develop guidance to assist components of 
the Department in developing privacy policies and 
practices; 
‘‘(2) establish a mechanism to ensure such com-
ponents are in compliance with Federal, regulatory, 
statutory, and the Department’s privacy require-
ments, mandates, directives, and policy; 
‘‘(3) work with the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department to identify methods for managing 
and overseeing the Department’s records, manage-
ment policies, and procedures; 
‘‘(4) work with components and offices of the 
Department to ensure that information sharing ac-
tivities incorporate privacy protections; 
‘‘(5) serve as the Department’s central office 
for managing and processing requests related to sec-
tion 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly 
known as the Freedom of Information Act; 
‘‘(6) develop public guidance on procedures to 
be followed when making requests for information 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(7) oversee the management and processing of 
requests for information under section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, within Department Head-
quarters and relevant Department component of-
fices; 
‘‘(8) identify and eliminate unnecessary and du-
plicative actions taken by the Department in the 
course of processing requests for information under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(9) carry out such other responsibilities as the 
Secretary determines are appropriate, consistent 
with this section.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) REASSIGNMENT
OF
FUNCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may reassign the functions related to managing and 
processing requests for information under section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code, to another officer within the 
Department, consistent with requirements of that sec-
tion.’’.
SEC. 104. OFFICE OF POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating section 601 as section 890B, 
and transferring that section to appear immediately 
after section 890A; and 
(2) striking the heading for title VI and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘TITLE VI—POLICY AND 
PLANNING 
‘‘SEC. 601. OFFICE OF POLICY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There shall be in 
the Department an Office of Policy. The Office of Policy 
shall be headed by an Under Secretary for Policy, who 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Office of Policy 
is to lead, conduct, and coordinate Department-wide pol-
icy, strategic planning, and relationships with organiza-
tions or persons that are not part of the Department. 
‘‘(c) COMPONENTS OF OFFICE.—The Office of Policy 
shall include the following components: 
‘‘(1) The Office of Partnership and Engage-
ment under section 602. 
‘‘(2) The Office of International Affairs under 
section 603.
‘‘(3) The Office of Policy Implementation under 
section 604. 
‘‘(4) The Office of Strategy and Planning under 
section 605. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
UNDER
SEC-
RETARY.—Subject to the direction and control of the Sec-
retary, the Under Secretary for Policy shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as the principal policy advisor to the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(2) coordinate with the Under Secretary for 
Management and the General Counsel of the De-
partment to ensure that development of the Depart-
ment’s budget is compatible with the priorities, stra-
tegic plans, and policies established by the Sec-
retary, including those priorities identified through 
the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review required 
under section 707; 
‘‘(3) incorporate relevant feedback from, and 
oversee and coordinate relationships with, organiza-
tions and other persons that are not part of the De-
partment to ensure effective communication of out-
side stakeholders’ perspectives to components of the 
Department; 
‘‘(4) establish a process to ensure that organi-
zations and other persons that are not part of the
Department can communicate with Department 
components without compromising adherence by the 
officials of such components to the Department’s 
ethics and policies; 
‘‘(5) manage and coordinate the Department’s 
international engagement activities; 
‘‘(6) advise, inform, and assist the Secretary on 
the impact of the Department’s policy, processes, 
and actions on State, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments; 
‘‘(7) oversee the Department’s engagement and 
development of partnerships with nonprofit organiza-
tions and academic institutions; 
‘‘(8) administer the Homeland Security Advi-
sory Council and make studies available 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 on an 
annual basis; and 
‘‘(9) carry out such other responsibilities as the 
Secretary determines are appropriate, consistent 
with this section. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION
BY
DEPARTMENT
COMPO-
NENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure consistency with 
the Secretary’s policy priorities, the head of each 
component of the Department shall coordinate with 
the Office of Policy, as appropriate, in establishing 
new policies or strategic planning guidance. 
‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) 
FOREIGN
NEGOTIATIONS.—Each 
component of the Department shall coordinate 
with the Under Secretary for Policy plans and 
efforts of the component before pursuing nego-
tiations with foreign governments, to ensure 
consistency with the Department’s policy prior-
ities. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 
BY SENIOR OFFICERS.—Each component of the 
Department shall notify the Under Secretary 
for Policy of the international travel of senior 
officers of the Department. 
‘‘(f) ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary 
shall assign to the Office of Policy permanent staff and, 
as appropriate and consistent with sections 506(c)(2), 
821, and 888(d), other appropriate personnel detailed 
from other components of the Department to carry out 
the responsibilities under this section. 
‘‘(g) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) establish within the Department of 
Homeland Security a position, to be called the 
Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, to support 
the Under Secretary for Policy in carrying out 
the Under Secretary’s responsibilities; and 
‘‘(B) appoint a career employee to such po-
sition. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DEP-
UTY
UNDER
SECRETARY
POSITIONS.—A Deputy 
Under Secretary position (or any substantially simi-
lar position) within the Department of Homeland 
Security may not be established except for the posi-
tion provided for by paragraph (1) unless the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security receives prior author-
ization from Congress. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘career employee’ means any 
employee (as that term is defined in section 
2105 of title 5, United States Code), but does 
not include a political appointee; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘political appointee’ means 
any employee who occupies a position which has 
been excepted from the competitive service by
reason of its confidential, policy-determining, 
policy-making, or policy-advocating character. 
‘‘SEC. 602. OFFICE OF PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Office of 
Policy an Office of Partnership and Engagement. 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The Secretary shall appoint 
an Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement 
to serve as the head of the Office. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary 
for Partnership and Engagement shall— 
‘‘(1) lead the coordination of Department-wide 
policies relating to the role of State and local law en-
forcement in preventing, preparing for, protecting 
against, and responding to natural disasters, acts of 
terrorism, and other man-made disasters within the 
United States; 
‘‘(2) serve as a liaison between State, local, and 
tribal law enforcement agencies and the Department, 
including through consultation with such agencies 
regarding Department programs that may impact 
such agencies; 
‘‘(3) coordinate with the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis to certify the intelligence and informa-
tion sharing requirements of State, local, and tribal 
law enforcement agencies are being addressed;
‘‘(4) work with the Administrator to ensure 
that law enforcement and terrorism-focused grants 
to State, local, and tribal government agencies, in-
cluding grants under sections 2003 and 2004, the 
Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, 
and other grants administered by the Department to 
support fusion centers and law enforcement-oriented 
programs, are appropriately focused on terrorism 
prevention activities; 
‘‘(5) coordinate with the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate, the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, the Department of Justice, the Na-
tional Institute of Justice, law enforcement organiza-
tions, and other appropriate entities to support the 
development, promulgation, and updating, as nec-
essary, of national voluntary consensus standards 
for training and personal protective equipment to be 
used in a tactical environment by law enforcement 
officers; 
‘‘(6) create and foster strategic communications 
with the private sector to enhance the primary mis-
sion of the Department to protect the American 
homeland;
‘‘(7) advise the Secretary on the impact of the 
Department’s policies, regulations, processes, and 
actions on the private sector; 
‘‘(8) interface with other relevant Federal agen-
cies with homeland security missions to assess the 
impact of these agencies’ actions on the private sec-
tor; 
‘‘(9) create and manage private sector advisory 
councils composed of representatives of industries 
and associations designated by the Secretary to— 
‘‘(A) advise the Secretary on private sector 
products, applications, and solutions as they re-
late to homeland security challenges; 
‘‘(B) advise the Secretary on homeland se-
curity policies, regulations, processes, and ac-
tions that affect the participating industries 
and associations; and 
‘‘(C) advise the Secretary on private sector 
preparedness issues, including effective methods 
for— 
‘‘(i) promoting voluntary preparedness 
standards to the private sector; and 
‘‘(ii) assisting the private sector in 
adopting voluntary preparedness stand-
ards;
‘‘(K) perform such other functions as are 
established by law or delegated by the Under 
Secretary for Policy. 
‘‘(2) 
INVENTORY
OF
ASSETS
DEPLOYED 
ABROAD.—For each fiscal year, the Assistant Sec-
retary for International Affairs, in coordination with 
the Under Secretary for Management, shall provide 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate with the annual budget request for the De-
partment, an annual accounting of all assets of the 
Department, including personnel, deployed outside 
the United States on behalf of the Department. 
‘‘(3) STANDARDIZED
FRAMEWORK
FOR
COST 
DATA.—The Assistant Secretary for International 
Affairs shall utilize a standardized framework to col-
lect and maintain comparable cost data for all assets 
of the Department, including personnel, deployed 
outside the United States to prepare the annual ac-
counting required by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) EXCLUSIONS.—This subsection does not 
apply to international activities related to the protec-
tive mission of the United States Secret Service, or 
to the Coast Guard when operating under the direct
authority of the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of the Navy. 
‘‘SEC. 604. OFFICE OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Office of 
Policy an Office of Policy Implementation. 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The Secretary shall appoint 
a Director of the Office of Policy Implementation to serve 
as the head of the Office. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Office 
of Policy Implementation shall lead, conduct, coordinate, 
and provide overall direction and supervision of Depart-
ment-wide policy development for the programs, offices, 
and activities of the Department, in consultation with rel-
evant officials of the Department, to ensure quality, con-
sistency, and integration across the Department, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘SEC. 605. OFFICE OF STRATEGY AND PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Office of 
Policy of the Department an Office of Strategy and Plan-
ning. 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The Secretary shall appoint 
a Director of the Office of Strategy and Planning who 
shall serve as the head of the Office. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Office 
of Strategy and Planning shall—
‘‘(1) lead and conduct long-term Department- 
wide strategic planning, including the Quadrennial 
Homeland Security Review and planning guidance 
for the Department, and translate the Department’s 
statutory responsibilities, strategic plans, and long- 
term goals into risk-based policies and procedures 
that improve operational effectiveness; and 
‘‘(2) develop strategies to address unconven-
tional threats to the homeland.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking the items relating to title VI and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE VI—POLICY AND PLANNING 
‘‘Sec. 601. Office of Policy. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Office of Partnership and Engagement. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Office of International Affairs. 
‘‘Sec. 604. Office of Policy Implementation. 
‘‘Sec. 605. Office of Strategy and Planning.’’. 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 890A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890B. Treatment of charitable trusts for members of the Armed Forces 
of the United States and other governmental organizations.’’. 
(c) APPOINTMENT OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR POL-
ICY; CONTINUATION
OF SERVICE
OF ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY.— 
(1) TIME
OF
APPOINTMENT.—The President 
may appoint an Under Secretary for Policy under 
section 601 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
as amended by this Act, only on or after January 
20, 2017. 
(2) HEAD
OF
OFFICE
PENDING
APPOINT-
MENT.—The individual serving as the Assistant Sec-
retary for Policy of the Department of Homeland 
Security on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
or their successor, may continue to serve as an As-
sistant Secretary and as the head of the Office of 
Policy established by such section, until the date on 
which the Under Secretary for Policy is appointed 
under such section in accordance with paragraph 
(1). 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; ABOLISHMENT OF EXISTING 
OFFICE.— 
(1) TIME OF APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may appoint an Assistant Sec-
retary for International Affairs under section 602 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by 
this Act, only on or after January 20, 2017. 
(2) HEAD
OF
OFFICE
PENDING
APPOINT-
MENT.—The individual serving as the Assistant Sec-
retary for International Affairs of the Department of 
Homeland Security on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or their successor, may continue to serve
as a Deputy Assistant Secretary and as the head of 
the Office of International Affairs established by 
such section, until the date the Under Secretary for 
Policy is appointed under such section in accordance 
with paragraph (1). 
(3) ABOLISHMENT OF EXISTING OFFICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Office of Inter-
national Affairs within the Office of the Sec-
retary is abolished. 
(B) TRANSFER
OF
ASSETS
AND
PER-
SONNEL.—The assets and personnel associated 
with such Office are transferred to the head of 
the Office of International Affairs provided for 
by section 603 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, as amended by this Act. 
(C) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Sub-
section 879 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 459), and the item relating to 
such section in section 1(b) of such Act, are re-
pealed. 
(e) ABOLISHMENT
OF OFFICE
FOR STATE
AND 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office for State and 
Local Law Enforcement of the Department of 
Homeland Security is abolished.
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNCTIONS, ASSETS, AND 
PERSONNEL.—The functions authorized to be per-
formed by such office immediately before the enact-
ment of this Act, and the assets and personnel asso-
ciated with such functions, are transferred to the 
head of the Office of Partnership and Engagement 
provided for by section 602 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as amended by this Act. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) 
of section 2006 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is repealed. 
(f) ABOLISHMENT
OF OFFICE
FOR STATE
AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office for State and 
Local Government Coordination of the Department 
of Homeland Security is abolished. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS.— 
The functions authorized to be performed by such 
office immediately before the enactment of this Act, 
and the assets and personnel associated with such 
functions, are transferred to the head of Office of 
Partnership and Engagement provided for by section 
602 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 801 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
631), and the item relating to that section in the 
table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are re-
pealed. 
(g) ABOLISHMENT OF SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE 
SECRETARY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Assistant to the 
Secretary authorized by section 102(f) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112(f)), as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of this Act, 
is abolished. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS.— 
The functions authorized to be performed by such 
Special Assistant to the Secretary immediately be-
fore the enactment of this Act, and the assets and 
personnel associated with such functions, are trans-
ferred to the head of the Office of Partnership and 
Engagement provided for by section 602 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this 
Act. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 102(f) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
112(f)) is repealed.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AS-
SISTANT SECRETARIES.—Section 103(a) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(I) and redesignating subparagraph (J) as subpara-
graph (I); and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.— 
‘‘(A) ADVICE
AND
CONSENT
APPOINT-
MENTS.—The Department shall have the fol-
lowing Assistant Secretaries appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate: 
‘‘(i) The Assistant Secretary, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
‘‘(ii) The Assistant Secretary, Trans-
portation Security Administration. 
‘‘(B) 
OTHER
PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINT-
MENTS.—The Department shall have the fol-
lowing Assistant Secretaries appointed by the 
President: 
‘‘(i) The Assistant Secretary, Infra-
structure Protection.
at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) shall establish a Homeland Security Advi-
sory Council to provide advice and recommendations 
on homeland-security-related matters.’’. 
(j) PROHIBITION ON NEW OFFICES.—No new office 
may be created to perform functions transferred by this 
section, other than as provided in section 601 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act, 
unless the Secretary of Homeland Security receives prior 
authorization from Congress permitting such change. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section each of the terms 
‘‘functions’’, ‘‘assets’’, and ‘‘personnel’’ has the meaning 
that term has under section 2 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 
(l) DUPLICATION REVIEW.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall— 
(1) within 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, complete a review of the inter-
national affairs offices, functions, and responsibil-
ities of the components of the Department of Home-
land Security, to identify and eliminate areas of un-
necessary duplication; and 
(2) within 30 days after the completion of such 
review, provide the results of the review 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. 
SEC. 105. QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 
Section 707 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—In fiscal year 2017, 
and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the homeland security of the Na-
tion (in this section referred to as a ‘quadrennial 
homeland security review’). Such review shall be con-
ducted so that it is completed, and the report under 
subsection (c) is issued, by no later than December 
31, 2017, and by December 31 of every fourth year 
thereafter.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall conduct each quadrennial homeland 
security review under this subsection in con-
sultation with’’ and inserting ‘‘In order to en-
sure that each quadrennial homeland security 
review conducted under this section is coordi-
nated with the quadrennial defense review con-
ducted by the Secretary of Defense under sec-
tion 118 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other major strategic review relating to di-
plomacy, intelligence, or other national security 
issues, the Secretary shall conduct and obtain 
information and feedback from entities of the 
homeland security enterprise through’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) leverage analytical tools and resources de-
veloped as part of the quadrennial homeland security 
review to support the Department’s ongoing pro-
grams and missions.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of subparagraph (H); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 
subparagraph (L); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 
the following:
‘‘(I) a description of how the conclusions 
under the quadrennial homeland security review 
will inform efforts to develop capabilities and 
build capacity of States, local governments, In-
dian tribes, and private entities, and of individ-
uals, families, and communities; 
‘‘(J) as appropriate, proposed changes to 
the authorities, organization, governance struc-
ture, or business processes (including acquisi-
tion processes) of the Department in order to 
better fulfill responsibilities of the Department; 
‘‘(K) where appropriate, a classified annex, 
including materials prepared pursuant to sec-
tion 306 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to the preparation of an agency strategic plan, 
to satisfy, in whole or in part, the reporting re-
quirements of this paragraph; and’’. 
SEC. 106. FUTURE YEARS HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM. 
Section 874 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 454) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 30 days fol-
lowing the date of each fiscal year on which the budget 
of the President is submitted to Congress under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a Future Years Homeland Security Program that pro-
vides detailed estimates of the projected expenditures and 
corresponding requests for appropriations included in that 
budget. The Future Years Homeland Security Program 
shall cover the fiscal year for which the budget is sub-
mitted and the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) CONSISTENCY OF BUDGET REQUEST WITH ES-
TIMATES.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure 
that the projected amounts specified in program and 
budget information for the Department submitted to Con-
gress in support of the President’s budget request are con-
sistent with the estimated expenditures and proposed ap-
propriations necessary to support the programs, projects, 
and activities of the Department included in the budget 
pursuant to section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(e) EXPLANATION OF ALIGNMENT WITH STRATE-
GIES AND PLANS.—Together with the detailed estimates 
of the projected expenditures and corresponding requests 
for appropriations submitted for the Future Years Home-
land Security Program, the Secretary shall provide an ex-
planation of how those estimates and requests align with 
the homeland security strategies and plans developed and 
updated as appropriate by the Secretary. Such explanation 
shall include an evaluation of the organization, organiza-
tional structure, governance structure, and business proc-
esses (including acquisition processes) of the Department, 
to ensure that the Department is able to meet its respon-
sibilities. 
‘‘(f) PROJECTION
OF ACQUISITION ESTIMATES.— 
Each Future Years Homeland Security Program shall 
project— 
‘‘(1) acquisition estimates for a period of 5 fis-
cal years, with specified estimates for each fiscal 
year, for major acquisition programs by the Depart-
ment and each component therein, including mod-
ernization and sustainment expenses; and 
‘‘(2) estimated annual deployment schedules for 
major acquisition programs over the 5-fiscal-year pe-
riod. 
‘‘(g) CONTINGENCY AMOUNTS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as prohibiting the inclusion in the 
Future Years Homeland Security Program of amounts for 
management contingencies, subject to the requirements of 
subsection (b).
‘‘(h) CLASSIFIED OR SENSITIVE ANNEX.—The Sec-
retary may include with each submission under this sec-
tion a classified or sensitive annex containing any informa-
tion required to be submitted under this section that is 
restricted from public disclosure in accordance with Fed-
eral law, including information that is determined to be 
Sensitive Security Information under section 537 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2006 (6 U.S.C. 114) to Congress in a classified or sen-
sitive annex. 
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUB-
LIC.—The Secretary shall make available to the public in 
electronic form the information required to be submitted 
to Congress under this section, other than information de-
scribed in subsection (h).’’. 
SEC. 107. MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTION. 
Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 341) is amended by striking subsections (a) and 
(b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the direction and con-
trol of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment shall serve as the following: 
‘‘(1) The Chief Management Officer for all mat-
ters related to the management and administration 
of the Department in support of homeland security
operations and programs. With regard to the man-
agement functions for which the Under Secretary 
has responsibility by law or by direction of the Sec-
retary, the Under Secretary for Management takes 
precedence in the Department after the Secretary 
and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(2) The senior official with the authority to 
administer, implement, and direct management inte-
gration and transformation across functional dis-
ciplines of the Department, including— 
‘‘(A) 
information 
technology, 
financial 
management, acquisition management, and 
human capital management of the Department 
to improve program efficiency and effectiveness; 
‘‘(B) ensure compliance with laws, rules, 
regulations, and the Department’s policies; 
‘‘(C) conduct regular oversight; and 
‘‘(D) prevent unnecessary duplication of 
programs in the Department. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to responsibil-
ities designated by the Secretary or otherwise established 
by law, the Under Secretary for Management shall be re-
sponsible for performing, or delegating responsibility for 
performing, the following activities of the Department:
‘‘(10) Management integration and trans-
formation within each functional management dis-
cipline of the Department, including information 
technology, financial management, acquisition man-
agement, and human capital management, and the 
transition process, to ensure an efficient and orderly 
consolidation of functions and personnel in the De-
partment and transition, including the— 
‘‘(A) development of coordinated data 
sources and connectivity of information systems 
to the greatest extent practical to enhance pro-
gram visibility and transparency; 
‘‘(B) development of standardized, auto-
mated, and real-time management information 
to uniformly manage and oversee programs, 
and make informed decisions to improve the ef-
ficiency of the Department; 
‘‘(C) development of effective program 
management and regular oversight mechanisms, 
including clear roles and processes for program 
governance, sharing of best practices, and ac-
cess to timely, reliable, and analyzed data on all 
acquisitions and investments; 
‘‘(D) implementation of mechanisms to 
promote accountability for management integra-
tion among Department and component chief 
officers; 
‘‘(E) integration of financial management 
systems within and across the Department to 
ensure financial transparency, support daily 
operational and financial decisionmaking, and 
maintain consecutive unqualified opinions for 
all financial statements, including the responsi-
bility to review, approve, and oversee the plan-
ning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, 
maintenance, and modernization of business 
systems; 
‘‘(F) integration of human resource man-
agement systems within and across the Depart-
ment to track and record information (including 
attrition rates, knowledge, skills, and abilities 
critical for workforce planning, identifying cur-
rent and future human capital needs, including 
recruitment efforts and improving employee mo-
rale), including the responsibility to review, ap-
prove, and oversee the planning, design, acquisi-
tion, deployment, operation, maintenance, and 
modernization of business systems; 
‘‘(G) development of a management inte-
gration strategy for the Department and its
components to be submitted annually with the 
President’s budget to ensure that management 
of the Department is strengthened in the areas 
of human capital, acquisition, information tech-
nology, and financial management, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(i) short- and long-term objectives to 
effectively guide implementation of inter-
operable business systems solutions; 
‘‘(ii) issuance of guidance and action 
plans with dates, specific actions, and costs 
for implementing management integration 
and transformation of common functional 
disciplines across the Department and its 
components; 
‘‘(iii) specific operational and tactical 
goals, activities, and timelines needed to 
accomplish the integration effort; 
‘‘(iv) performance measures to mon-
itor and validate corrective measures; 
‘‘(v) efforts to identify resources need-
ed to achieve key actions and outcomes; 
‘‘(vi) other issues impeding manage-
ment integration;
‘‘(vii) reporting to the Government 
Accountability Office twice annually to 
demonstrate 
measurable, 
sustainable 
progress made in implementing the De-
partment’s corrective action plans and 
achieving key outcomes, including regard-
ing— 
‘‘(I) leadership commitment; 
‘‘(II) capacity building; and 
‘‘(III) continuous monitoring to 
address Government Accountability 
Office designations of programs at 
high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse, 
including with respect to strength-
ening management functions; 
‘‘(viii) review and approve any major 
update to the Department’s strategy re-
lated to management integration and 
transformation across functional disciplines 
and lines of business, including any busi-
ness systems modernization plans to maxi-
mize benefits and minimize costs for the 
Department; and 
‘‘(ix) before December 1 of each year 
in which a Presidential election is held, the
development of a transition and succession 
plan to guide the transition of Department 
functions to a new Presidential administra-
tion, and making such plan available to the 
next Secretary and Under Secretary for 
Management and to the homeland security 
congressional committees. 
‘‘(H) Oversight, including the conduct of 
internal audits and management analyses, of 
the programs and activities of the Department. 
Such supervision includes establishing oversight 
procedures to ensure a full and effective review 
of the efforts by Department components to im-
plement policies and procedures of the Depart-
ment for management integration and trans-
formation. 
‘‘(I) Any other management duties that 
the Secretary may designate.’’. 
SEC. 108. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
Section 702 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 341) is amended by redesignating subsections 
(b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and 
by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Notwithstanding sections 
901 and 1122 of title 31, United States Code, the Chief
Financial Officer, in consultation with the Under Sec-
retary for Management and the Under Secretary for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, as appropriate, shall— 
‘‘(1) lead cost-estimating practices for the De-
partment, including the development of the Depart-
ment’s policy on cost estimating and approval of life 
cycle cost estimates; 
‘‘(2) oversee coordination with the Office of Pol-
icy on the Department’s long-term strategic plan-
ning to ensure that the development of the Depart-
ment’s budget is compatible with the priorities, stra-
tegic plans, and policies established by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(3) develop and oversee the Department’s fi-
nancial management policy; 
‘‘(4) provide guidance for and over financial 
system modernization efforts throughout the Depart-
ment; 
‘‘(5) establish effective internal controls over fi-
nancial reporting systems and processes throughout 
the Department; 
‘‘(6) lead assessments of internal controls re-
lated to the Department’s financial management sys-
tems and review financial processes to ensure that
internal controls are designed properly and operate 
effectively; 
‘‘(7) lead the Department’s efforts related to fi-
nancial oversight, including identifying ways to 
streamline and standardize business processes; 
‘‘(8) lead and provide guidance on performance- 
based budgeting practices for the Department to en-
sure that the Department and its components are 
meeting missions and goals; 
‘‘(9) ensure that Department components’ sen-
ior financial officers certify that their major acquisi-
tion programs have adequate resources to execute 
their programs through the 5-year future years 
homeland security program period, so that the De-
partment’s funding requirements for major acquisi-
tion programs match expected resources; 
‘‘(10) ensure that components identify and re-
port all expected costs of acquisition programs to the 
Chief Financial Officer of the Department; 
‘‘(11) oversee Department budget formulation 
and execution; 
‘‘(12) fully implement a common accounting 
structure to be used across the entire Department 
by fiscal year 2019; and