SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF PRI-
VACY 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 the Secretary, to 
assume’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Secretary. 
Such official shall have’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (6) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) developing guidance to assist components 
of the Department in developing privacy policies and 
practices; 
‘‘(7) establishing a mechanism to ensure such 
components are in compliance with Federal, regu-
latory, statutory, and Department privacy require-
ments, mandates, directives, and policies; 
‘‘(8) working with the Chief Information Officer 
of the Department to identify methods for managing 
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and overseeing the records, management policies, 
and procedures of the Department; 
‘‘(9) working with components and offices of 
the Department to ensure that information sharing 
activities incorporate privacy protections; 
‘‘(10) serving as the Chief FOIA Officer of the 
Department for purposes of subsection (j) of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known 
as the Freedom of Information Act), to manage and 
process requests related to such section; 
‘‘(11) developing guidance on procedures to be 
followed by individuals making requests for informa-
tion under such section 552; 
‘‘(12) overseeing the management and proc-
essing of requests for information under such section 
552 within Department Headquarters and relevant 
Department component offices; 
‘‘(13) providing component heads with input on 
the management of their respective FOIA offices, in-
cluding recruiting and hiring component FOIA offi-
cers, budget formulation, and organizational place-
ment within each such component; 
‘‘(14) identifying and eliminating unnecessary 
and duplicative actions taken by the Department in 
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the course of processing requests for information 
under such section 552; 
‘‘(15) preparing an annual report to Congress 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of the activities of the 
Department that affect privacy during the fiscal 
year covered by the report, including complaints 
of privacy violations, implementation of section 
552a 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 during 
the fiscal year covered by the report, the num-
ber of such programs that the Chief Privacy Of-
ficer has evaluated to ensure that privacy pro-
tections are considered and implemented, the 
number of such programs that effectively imple-
mented privacy protections into new technology 
programs, and an explanation of why any new 
programs did not effectively implement privacy 
protections; and 
‘‘(16) carrying out such other responsibilities as 
the Secretary determines are appropriate, consistent 
with this section.’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) REASSIGNMENT
OF
FUNCTIONS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a)(10), the Secretary 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 such section.’’. 
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