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Union Calendar No. 364 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4567 
[Report No. 115–490] 
To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 
enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2017 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. VELA, 
and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 6, 2017] 
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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 ‘‘DHS Overseas Personnel 
Enhancement Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after sub-
mission of the comprehensive three-year strategy required 
under section 1910 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding 
Department of Homeland Security personnel with primary 
duties that take place outside of the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed summary of each type of personnel 
position with primary duties that take place outside 
of the United States and how each such position con-
tributes to the Department of Homeland Security’s 
counterterrorism mission. 
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(2) Information related to how the geographic 
and regional placement of such positions contributes 
to the Department’s counterterrorism mission. 
(3) Information related to the position-specific 
training received by such personnel before and during 
placement at a foreign location. 
(4) Challenges that may impede the communica-
tion of counterterrorism information between Depart-
ment personnel at foreign locations and Department 
entities in the United States, including technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges. 
(5) The status of efforts to implement the strat-
egy referred to in subsection (a). 
(6) The status of efforts (beginning with the sec-
ond briefing required under this section) to imple-
ment the enhancement plan under section 3. 
SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
briefing required under section 2, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the effectiveness of 
Department of Homeland Security personnel at foreign lo-
cations. 
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(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan referred to in 
subsection (a) shall include proposals to— 
(1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland 
Security personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, 
for purposes of providing foreign partner capacity de-
velopment and furthering the Department’s counter-
terrorism mission; 
(2) as appropriate, redeploy Department per-
sonnel to respond to changing threats to the United 
States; 
(3) enhance collaboration among Department 
personnel at foreign locations, other Federal personnel 
at foreign locations, and foreign partners; 
(4) improve the communication of counterter-
rorism information between Department personnel at 
foreign locations and Department entities in the 
United States, including to address technical, re-
source, and administrative challenges; and 
(5) maintain practices to guard against counter- 
espionage threats associated with Department per-
sonnel. 
SEC. 4. TERMINATION. 
The briefing requirement under section 2 shall termi-
nate on the date that is four years after the submission of 
the strategy referred to in such section. 
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Union Calendar No. 364 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4567 
[Report No. 115–490] 
A BILL 
To require a Department of Homeland Security 
overseas personnel enhancement plan, and for 
other purposes. 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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