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Union Calendar No. 439 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4780 
[Report No. 114–566] 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive 
strategy for Department of Homeland Security operations abroad, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2016 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
MAY 13, 2016 
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 March 17, 2016] 
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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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Strategy for International Programs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
PROGRAMS FOR VETTING AND SCREENING 
PERSONS SEEKING TO ENTER THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
a comprehensive three-year strategy for international pro-
grams of the Department of Homeland Security in which 
personnel and resources of the Department are deployed 
abroad for vetting and screening of persons seeking to enter 
the United States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Specific Department of Homeland Security 
risk-based goals for international programs of the De-
partment in which personnel and resources of the De-
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partment are deployed abroad for vetting and screen-
ing of persons seeking to enter the United States. 
(2) A risk-based method for determining whether 
to establish new international programs in new loca-
tions, given resource constraints, or expand existing 
international programs of the Department, in which 
personnel and resources of the Department are de-
ployed abroad for vetting and screening of persons 
seeking to enter the United States. 
(3) Alignment with the highest Department-wide 
and Government-wide strategic priorities of resource 
allocations on international programs of the Depart-
ment in which personnel and resources of the Depart-
ment are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of 
persons seeking to enter the United States. 
(4) A common reporting framework for the sub-
mission of reliable, comparable cost data by compo-
nents of the Department on overseas expenditures at-
tributable to international programs of the Depart-
ment in which personnel and resources of the Depart-
ment are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of 
persons seeking to enter the United States. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategy re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall consider, at a minimum, the following: 
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(1) Information on existing operations of inter-
national programs of the Department of Homeland 
Security in which personnel and resources of the De-
partment are deployed abroad for vetting and screen-
ing of persons seeking to enter the United States that 
includes corresponding information for each location 
in which each such program operates. 
(2) The number of Department personnel de-
ployed to each location at which an international 
program referred to in subparagraph (A) is in oper-
ation during the current and preceding fiscal year. 
(3) Analysis of the impact of each international 
program referred to in paragraph (1) on domestic ac-
tivities of components of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
(4) Analysis of barriers to the expansion of an 
international program referred to in paragraph (1). 
(d) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex if the Secretary of Homeland Security 
determines that such is appropriate. 
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Union Calendar No. 439 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4780 
[Report No. 114–566] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
develop a comprehensive strategy for Department 
of Homeland Security operations abroad, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 13, 2016 
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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