SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unifying DHS Intel-
ligence Enterprise Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 210H. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 
acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De-
partment, in coordination with intelligence components of 
the Department, the Office of the General Counsel, the 
Privacy Office, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, shall develop and disseminate written Depart-
ment-wide guidance for the processing, analysis, produc-
tion, and dissemination of homeland security information 
(as such term is defined in section 892) and terrorism in-
formation (as such term is defined in section 1016 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (6 U.S.C. 485)). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance required under sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of guiding principles and 
purposes of the Department’s intelligence enterprise.
‘‘(2) A summary of the roles, responsibilities, 
and programs of each intelligence component of the 
Department in the processing, analysis, production, 
or dissemination of homeland security information 
and terrorism information, including relevant au-
thorities and restrictions applicable to each such in-
telligence component. 
‘‘(3) Guidance for the processing, analysis, and 
production of such information. 
‘‘(4) Guidance for the dissemination of such in-
formation, including within the Department, among 
and between Federal departments and agencies, 
among and between State, local, Tribal, and terri-
torial governments, including law enforcement, and 
with foreign partners and the private sector, con-
sistent with the protection of privacy, civil rights, 
and civil liberties. 
‘‘(5) A description of how the dissemination to 
the intelligence community (as such term is defined 
in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) and Federal law enforcement 
of such information assists such entities in carrying 
out their respective missions.
‘‘(c) FORM.—The guidance required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.—For each of the 5 fiscal 
years beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall conduct a review of the guidance required under sub-
section (a) and, as appropriate, revise such guidance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
210G the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210H. Homeland intelligence doctrine.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and again not later than 5 years thereafter, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of 
the degree to which guidance established pursuant to sec-
tion 210H of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as 
added by section 2 of this Act) is implemented across the 
Department of Homeland Security. Such assessment 
should evaluate the extent to which such guidance is car-
ried out in a manner that protects privacy, civil rights, 
and civil liberties. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF ASSESSMENT.—In conducting 
each assessment under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall— 
(1) use standard methodology and reporting 
formats in order to demonstrate and display any 
changes over time; and 
(2) include any other subject matter the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate. 
(c) ACCESS TO RELEVANT DATA.—To carry out this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
that the Comptroller General of the United States has ac-
cess to all relevant data. 
SEC. 4. ANALYSTS FOR THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFI-
CER. 
Paragraph (1) of section 201(e) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(e)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 
shall also provide the Chief Intelligence Officer with a
staff having appropriate expertise and experience to assist 
the Chief Intelligence Officer.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish a homeland intelligence doctrine for the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes.