component or office head and in consultation 
with the principal officials of fusion centers in 
the National Network of Fusion Centers: 
‘‘(i) The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis. 
‘‘(ii) The Office of Infrastructure Pro-
tection. 
‘‘(iii) The Transportation Security 
Administration. 
‘‘(iv) U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection. 
‘‘(v) U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. 
‘‘(vi) The Coast Guard. 
‘‘(vii) Other components or offices of 
the Department, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
FED-
ERAL AGENCIES.—The Under Secretary for In-
telligence and Analysis shall coordinate with ap-
propriate officials throughout the Federal Gov-
ernment to ensure the deployment to fusion 
centers in the National Network of Fusion Cen-
ters of representatives with relevant expertise of 
other Federal departments and agencies.
‘‘(3) RESOURCE ALLOCATION CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make available criteria for sharing information 
and deploying personnel to support a fusion 
center in the National Network of Fusion Cen-
ters in a manner consistent with the Depart-
ment’s mission and existing statutory limits.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘in which 
such fusion center is located’’ after ‘‘region’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘government’’ and in-
serting ‘‘governments’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) utilize Department information, including 
information held by components and offices, to de-
velop analysis focused on the mission of the Depart-
ment under section 101(b).’’;
(6) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall make it a priority to 
allocate resources, including deployed personnel, 
under this section from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, and the Coast Guard to support fusion centers 
in the National Network of Fusion Centers located 
in jurisdictions along land or maritime borders of 
the United States in order to enhance the integrity 
of and security at such borders by helping Federal, 
State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement 
authorities to identify, investigate, and otherwise 
interdict persons, weapons, and related contraband 
that pose a threat to homeland security.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘partici-
pating State, local, and regional’’; 
(7) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘National Network of Fusion 
Centers’ means a decentralized arrangement of fu-
sion centers intended to enhance individual State 
and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the 
capabilities and expertise of all fusion centers for the 
purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland secu-
rity information sharing nationally; and’’; and 
(8) by striking subsection (k). 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annu-
ally thereafter through 2022, the Under Secretary for In-
telligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on the efforts 
of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-
ment and other relevant components and offices of the De-
partment to enhance support provided to fusion centers 
in the National Network of Fusion Centers, including 
meeting the requirements specified in section 210A of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h), as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 210A and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210A. Department of Homeland Security Fusion Centers Initiative.’’. 
(d) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, rule, or 
regulation to the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 
State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative’’ shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Fusion Center Initiative’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 2, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3598 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
enhance the partnership between the Department 
of Homeland Security and the National Network 
of Fusion Centers, and for other purposes.