IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6447 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 
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 
the position of Chief Data Officer of 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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHIEF DATA OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CHIEF DATA OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Chief Information Officer, shall des-
ignate a career appointee (as such term is defined 
in section 3132 of title 5, United States Code) of the 
Department as the Chief Data Officer of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Data Officer 
shall possess demonstrated training and experience 
in the management, governance, generation, collec-
tion, protection, analysis, use, and sharing of data, 
including the protection and de-identification of per-
sonally identifiable information. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Data Officer 
shall be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(A) Ensuring that the Department con-
forms with data management best practices rec-
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ognized across industry and the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(B) Coordinating the organization and in-
tegration of data across the Department for im-
proved interoperability, analysis, and decision- 
making. 
‘‘(C) Reviewing the impact of the infra-
structure of the Department regarding data in-
tegrity and interoperability. 
‘‘(D) Coordinating the release of data for 
public use following appropriate privacy reviews 
within the Department, as coordinated with the 
Chief Privacy Officer. 
‘‘(E) Promoting the use of modern data 
systems to improve Department operations. 
‘‘(F) Coordinating the storage of Depart-
ment records in accordance with the National 
Archives and Records Administration’s General 
Records Schedules. 
‘‘(G) Overseeing, in coordination with the 
Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, as ap-
propriate, the Department’s compliance with 
the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(i) Issuing guidelines ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility 
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and integrity of information (including sta-
tistical information). 
‘‘(ii) 
Establishing 
administrative 
mechanisms that allow affected persons to 
seek and obtain correction of information 
maintained and disseminated by relevant 
components of the Department that does 
not comply with the Department’s guide-
lines. 
‘‘(iii) Reporting to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget about 
the number and nature of complaints re-
ceived by relevant components of the De-
partment regarding the accuracy of infor-
mation disseminated and how such com-
plaints were handled by such components. 
‘‘(H) Coordinating with appropriate offi-
cials of the Department, including the Chief 
Privacy Officer, component privacy officers, 
component Chief Data Officers, and program 
managers, regarding the use of data within 
their respective components and under their au-
thorities. 
‘‘(I) Serving as the liaison to other Federal 
agencies and the Office of Management and 
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Budget on data and the best way to use exist-
ing Department data for statistical purposes. 
‘‘(4) COMPONENT CHIEF DATA OFFICERS.—The 
heads of each operational component of the Depart-
ment, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer of 
the Department and the Chief Information Officer 
of such component, shall designate a career ap-
pointee (as such term is defined in section 3132 of 
title 5, United States Code) from each such compo-
nent of the Department as the Chief Data Officer of 
their respective component. Each such component 
Chief Data Officer shall— 
‘‘(A) have the qualifications described 
under subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(B) coordinate with and assist the Chief 
Data Officer of the Department in the imple-
mentation of the functions specified in subpara-
graphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (3) for 
their respective component. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection and pe-
riodically thereafter as necessary, 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 
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Senate a report on the implementation of this sub-
section, including any concerns regarding such im-
plementation.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 4, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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