I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3572 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform, streamline, and 
make improvements to the Department of Homeland Security and sup-
port the Department’s efforts to implement better policy, planning, man-
agement, and performance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform, 
streamline, and make improvements to the Department 
of Homeland Security and support the Department’s ef-
forts to implement better policy, planning, management, 
and performance, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 
2015’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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. 
TITLE II—DHS ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Prohibition on additional authorization of appropriations. 
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. 
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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 
(17) as paragraphs (15) through (19); 
(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-
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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-
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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— 
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‘‘(A) establish the Department’s overall 
strategy for successfully completing its mission; 
‘‘(B) establish initiatives that improve per-
formance Departmentwide; 
‘‘(C) establish mechanisms to ensure that 
components of the Department comply with 
Headquarters policies and fully implement the 
Secretary’s strategies and initiatives; 
‘‘(D) establish annual operational and 
management objectives to determine the De-
partment’s performance; 
‘‘(E) ensure that the Department success-
fully meets operational and management per-
formance objectives through conducting over-
sight of component agencies; 
‘‘(F) ensure that the strategies, priorities, 
investments, and workforce of Department 
agencies align with Department objectives; 
‘‘(G) establish and implement policies re-
lated to Department ethics and compliance 
standards; 
‘‘(H) manage and encourage shared serv-
ices across Department components; 
‘‘(I) lead and coordinate interaction with 
Congress and other external organizations; and 
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‘‘(J) carry out other such functions as the 
Secretary determines are appropriate.’’. 
(b) ABOLISHMENT OF DIRECTOR OF SHARED SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The position of Director of 
Shared Services is abolished. 
(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. 
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’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (6) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(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.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 
as subsections (c) through (f); 
(3) 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— 
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