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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3907 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Insider 
Threat Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2019 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, and Mr. 
WALKER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Insider Threat Program, 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 Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 104. INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish an Insider Threat Program within the Department. 
Such Program shall— 
‘‘(1) provide training and education for Depart-
ment personnel to identify, prevent, mitigate, and re-
spond to insider threat risks to the Department’s 
critical assets; 
‘‘(2) provide investigative support regarding po-
tential insider threats that may pose a risk to the 
Department’s critical assets; and 
‘‘(3) conduct risk mitigation activities for in-
sider threats. 
‘‘(b) STEERING COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a Steering Committee within the Department. 
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
shall serve as the Chair of the Steering Committee. 
The Chief Security Officer shall serve as the Vice 
Chair. The Steering Committee shall be comprised 
of representatives of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
the Office of the General Counsel, the Office for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Privacy Office, 
the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Federal 
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Protective Service, the Office of the Chief Procure-
ment Officer, the Science and Technology Direc-
torate, and other components or offices of the De-
partment as appropriate. Such representatives shall 
meet on a regular basis to discuss cases and issues 
related to insider threats to the Department’s crit-
ical assets, in accordance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
and the Chief Security Officer, in coordination with 
the Steering Committee established pursuant to 
paragraph (1), shall carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) Develop a holistic strategy for De-
partment-wide efforts to identify, prevent, miti-
gate, and respond to insider threats to the De-
partment’s critical assets. 
‘‘(B) Develop a plan to implement the in-
sider threat measures identified in the strategy 
developed under subparagraph (A) across the 
components and offices of the Department. 
‘‘(C) Document insider threat policies and 
controls. 
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‘‘(D) Conduct a baseline risk assessment of 
insider threats posed to the Department’s crit-
ical assets. 
‘‘(E) Examine existing programmatic and 
technology best practices adopted by the Fed-
eral Government, industry, and research insti-
tutions to implement solutions that are vali-
dated and cost-effective. 
‘‘(F) Develop a timeline for deploying 
workplace monitoring technologies, employee 
awareness campaigns, and education and train-
ing programs related to identifying, preventing, 
mitigating, and responding to potential insider 
threats to the Department’s critical assets. 
‘‘(G) Require the Chair and Vice Chair of 
the Steering Committee to consult with the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology 
and other appropriate stakeholders to ensure 
the Insider Threat Program is informed, on an 
ongoing basis, by current information regarding 
threats, beset practices, and available tech-
nology. 
‘‘(H) Develop, collect, and report metrics 
on the effectiveness of the Department’s insider 
threat mitigation efforts. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CRITICAL ASSETS.—The term ‘critical as-
sets’ means the people, facilities, information, and 
technology required for the Department to fulfill its 
mission. 
‘‘(2) INSIDER.—The term ‘insider’ means— 
‘‘(A) any person who has access to classi-
fied national security information and is em-
ployed by, detailed to, or assigned to the De-
partment, including members of the Armed 
Forces, experts or consultants to the Depart-
ment, industrial or commercial contractors, li-
censees, certificate holders, or grantees of the 
Department, including all subcontractors, per-
sonal services contractors, or any other category 
of person who acts for or on behalf of the De-
partment, as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 
private sector personnel who possess security 
clearances granted by the Department. 
‘‘(3) INSIDER
THREAT.—The term ‘insider 
threat’ means the threat that an insider will use his 
or her authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to 
do harm to the security of the United States, includ-
ing damage to the United States through espionage, 
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terrorism, the unauthorized disclosure of classified 
national security information, or through the loss or 
degradation of departmental resources or capabili-
ties.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of section 104 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section) and biennially thereafter 
for the next four years, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate a report on how the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security and its components and 
offices have implemented the strategy developed pur-
suant to subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section 104, 
the status of the Department’s risk assessment of 
critical assets, the types of insider threat training 
conducted, the number of Department employees 
who have received such training, and information on 
the effectiveness of the Insider Threat Program (es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a) of such section 
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104), based on metrics developed, collected, and re-
ported pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(H) of such sec-
tion 104. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘critical assets’’, ‘‘insider’’, and ‘‘insider 
threat’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 104 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as 
added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(c) 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 
103 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Insider Threat Program.’’. 
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