I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6447 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the position 
of Chief Data Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the position of Chief Data Officer of the Department 
of Homeland Security, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHIEF DATA OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CHIEF DATA OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Information Of-
ficer shall designate a career appointee (as such 
term is defined in section 3132 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the Department as the Chief Data 
Officer of the Department. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Data Officer 
shall possess demonstrated training and experience 
in the management, governance, generation, collec-
tion, protection, analysis, use, and sharing of data, 
including the protection and de-identification of per-
sonally identifiable information. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Data Officer 
shall be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(A) Ensuring that the Department con-
forms with data management best practices rec-
ognized across industry and the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(B) Coordinating the organization and in-
tegration of data across the Department for im-
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and Budget on data and the best way to use ex-
isting Department data for statistical purposes. 
‘‘(4) COMPONENT CHIEF DATA OFFICERS.—The 
heads of each operational component of the Depart-
ment shall designate a career appointee (as such 
term is defined in section 3132 of title 5, United 
States Code) from each such component of the De-
partment as the Chief Data Officer of their respec-
tive component. Each such component Chief Data 
Officer shall— 
‘‘(A) have the qualifications described 
under subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(B) coordinate with and assist the Chief 
Data Officer of the Department in the imple-
mentation of the functions specified in subpara-
graphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (3) for 
their respective component. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection and pe-
riodically thereafter as necessary, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the implementation of this sub-
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section, including any concerns regarding such im-
plementation.’’. 
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