SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Procure-
ment Reform Act’’ or the ‘‘HOPR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS TO BUY CERTAIN ITEMS RELATED 
TO 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
INTERESTS 
AC-
CORDING TO CERTAIN CRITERIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 836. REQUIREMENTS TO BUY CERTAIN ITEMS RE-
LATED TO NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that any procurement of covered items for a frontline 
operational component meets the following criteria: 
‘‘(1) To the maximum extent possible, not less 
than one-third of funds obligated in a specific fiscal 
year for the procurement of such covered items shall 
be covered items that are manufactured in part or 
provided in the United States by entities that qualify 
as small business concerns (as such term is de-
scribed under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632)). 
‘‘(2) Each prime contractor, with respect to the 
procurement of such covered items, shall ensure, to 
the maximum extent practicable, the following:
‘‘(A) Each first-tier subcontractor and end 
item manufacturer complies with the contractor 
code of business ethics and conduct under sec-
tion 3509 of title 41, United States Code, and 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
‘‘(B) Each first-tier subcontractor and 
end-item manufacturer is in compliance with a 
standard identified by the Secretary as appro-
priate for quality, such as ISO 9001:2015 of 
the International Organization for Standardiza-
tion. 
‘‘(C) The ability of a first-tier subcon-
tractor to fulfill the terms of the contract is 
verified. 
‘‘(3) Each supplier of such a covered item with 
an insignia (such as any patch, badge, or emblem) 
and each supplier of such an insignia, if such cov-
ered item with such insignia or such insignia, as the 
case may be, is not produced, applied, or assembled 
in the United States, shall— 
‘‘(A) store such covered item with such in-
signia or such insignia in a locked area; 
‘‘(B) report any pilferage or theft of such 
covered item with such insignia or such insignia 
occurring at any stage before delivery of such
covered item with such insignia or such insig-
nia; and 
‘‘(C) destroy any defective or unusable cov-
ered item with insignia or insignia in a manner 
established by the Secretary, and maintain 
records, for 3 years after the creation of such 
records, of such destruction that include the 
date of such destruction, a description of the 
covered item with insignia or insignia destroyed, 
the quantity of the covered item with insignia 
or insignia destroyed, and the method of de-
struction. 
‘‘(b) PRICING.—The Secretary shall ensure that cov-
ered items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, 
consistent with the procedures and guidelines specified in 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate a report on the following:
‘‘(1) Instances in which vendors have failed to 
meet deadlines for delivery of covered items and cor-
rective actions taken by the Department in response 
to such instances. 
‘‘(2) The status of efforts to carry out para-
graph (1) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) A description of how the Department en-
sures the compliance of each prime contractor with 
the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 
and any instances of non-compliance. 
‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT FRONTLINE OPERATIONAL COM-
PONENT DESCRIBED.—In this section, the term ‘Depart-
ment frontline operational component’ refers to any of the 
following components of the Department: 
‘‘(1) United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. 
‘‘(3) The United States Secret Service. 
‘‘(4) The Transportation Security Administra-
tion. 
‘‘(5) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se-
curity Agency. 
‘‘(6) The Federal Protective Service.
‘‘(7) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency. 
‘‘(8) The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers. 
‘‘(e) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary determines 
that compliance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a) is 
impractical, the Secretary shall, not later than 15 days 
after making such determination, submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate an explanation relating to 
such determination and specifics regarding what percent-
age of covered items will be procured by small business 
concerns. 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to the 
purchase of covered items by the Department to be used 
by the Department for training purposes. 
‘‘(g) COVERED ITEM DESCRIBED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered item’ refers to any of the following with 
respect to a Department frontline operational component: 
‘‘(1) Body armor components intended to pro-
vide ballistic protection for an individual, consisting 
of one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Soft ballistic panels. 
‘‘(B) Hard ballistic plates.
‘‘(C) Concealed armor carriers worn under 
a uniform. 
‘‘(D) External armor carriers worn over a 
uniform. 
‘‘(2) Helmets that provide ballistic protection 
and other head protection and components. 
‘‘(3) Protective eyewear. 
‘‘(4) Rain gear, cold weather gear, other envi-
ronmental and flame-resistant clothing. 
‘‘(5) Footwear. 
‘‘(6) Uniforms. 
‘‘(7) Bags and packs. 
‘‘(8) Holsters and tactical pouches. 
‘‘(9) Patches, insignia, and embellishments. 
‘‘(10) Respiratory protective masks. 
‘‘(11) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear protective gear. 
‘‘(12) Hearing protection equipment. 
‘‘(13) Any other critical safety item as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies with 
respect to a contract entered into by the Department or 
any of its frontline operational components on or after Oc-
tober 1, 2020.
‘‘(i) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary should endeavor to ensure that 
the majority of covered items for a frontline operational 
component procured by the Department are manufactured 
in the United States by entities that qualify as small busi-
ness concerns.’’. 
(b) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity 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 study of the adequacy of allowances provided to 
employees of Department of Homeland Security frontline 
operational components (as such term is described in sec-
tion 836 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 
by subsection (a)). Such study shall be informed by a De-
partment-wide survey of employees from across the De-
partment who receive uniform allowances that seeks to as-
certain what, if any, improvements could be made to the 
current uniform allowances and what, if any, impacts cur-
rent allowances have had on employee morale and reten-
tion. Such study shall also consider increasing by 25 per-
cent, at minimum, the uniform allowance for first year em-
ployees and by 50 percent, at minimum, the annual allow-
ance for all other employees.