I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2590 
To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 
enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2019 
Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 
personnel enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘DHS Overseas Per-
sonnel Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub-
mission of the comprehensive 3-year strategy required 
under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 
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180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re-
garding Department of Homeland Security personnel with 
primary duties that take place outside of the United 
States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefings required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed summary of each type of per-
sonnel position with primary duties that take place 
outside of the United States and how each such po-
sition contributes to the Department of Homeland 
Security’s counterterrorism mission. 
(2) Information related to how the geographic 
and regional placement of such positions contributes 
to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 
(3) Information related to the position-specific 
training received by such personnel before and dur-
ing placement at a foreign location. 
(4) Challenges that may impede the commu-
nication of counterterrorism information between 
Department personnel at foreign locations and De-
partment entities in the United States, including 
technical, resource, and administrative challenges. 
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(5) The status of efforts to implement the 
strategy referred to in subsection (a). 
(6) The status of efforts (beginning with the 
second briefing required under this section) to imple-
ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 
SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
first briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the ef-
fectiveness of Department of Homeland Security per-
sonnel at foreign locations. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required under 
subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 
(1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 
Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 
for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity 
development 
and 
furthering 
the 
Department’s 
counterterrorism mission; 
(2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per-
sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 
States; 
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(3) enhance collaboration among Department 
personnel at foreign locations, other Federal per-
sonnel at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 
(4) improve the communication of counterter-
rorism information between Department personnel 
at foreign locations and Department entities in the 
United States, including to address technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges; and 
(5) 
maintain 
practices 
to 
guard 
against 
counter-espionage threats associated with Depart-
ment personnel. 
SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 
The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi-
nate on the date that is four years after the submission 
of the strategy referred to in such section. 
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