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Union Calendar No. 254 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3859 
[Report No. 114–333] 
To make technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2015 
Mr. PERRY (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. CARTER of Georgia 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To make technical corrections to the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002. 
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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 ‘‘HSA Technical Correc-
tions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 
OF 2002. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 
a section or other provision of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SE-
CURITY ACT OF 2002. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking the items relating to each of the 
following: 
(A) Section 401. 
(B) Section 416. 
(C) Section 430. 
(D) Section 431. 
(E) Section 445. 
(F) Section 446. 
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(G) Section 455. 
(H) Section 456. 
(I) Section 459. 
(J) Section 460. 
(K) Section 461. 
(L) Section 472. 
(M) Section 473. 
(N) Section 474. 
(O) Section 475. 
(P) Section 477. 
(Q) Section 706. 
(R) Section 857. 
(S) Section 878. 
(T) Section 881. 
(U) Section 893. 
(V) Section 1204. 
(W) Title XIV. 
(X) Section 1401. 
(Y) Section 1402. 
(Z) Section 1403. 
(AA) Section 1404. 
(BB) Section 1405. 
(CC) Section 1406. 
(DD) Section 1502. 
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(2) By striking the items relating to the second 
section 226 and sections 227 and 228 and inserting 
the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 227. National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. 
‘‘Sec. 228. Cyber incident response plan. 
‘‘Sec. 229. Clearances.’’. 
(3) By striking the item relating to title IV and 
the item relating to subtitle A of title IV and insert-
ing the following new items: 
‘‘TITLE IV—BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY 
‘‘SUBTITLE A—BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS’’. 
(4) By striking the item relating to section 402 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 402. Border, maritime, and transportation responsibilities.’’. 
(5) By striking the item relating to subtitle B 
of title IV and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Subtitle B—United States Customs and Border Protection’’. 
(6) By striking the item relating to section 411 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 411. Establishment of United States Customs and Border Protection.’’. 
(7) By striking the item relating to section 441 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 441. Transfer of functions.’’. 
(8) By striking the item relating to section 442 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 442. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.’’. 
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(9) By striking the item relating to section 451 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 451. Establishment of United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices.’’. 
(10) By striking the item relating to section 
2103 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2103. Protection and sharing of information.’’. 
(b) TITLE I.—Title I (6 U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In section 102(f)(10) (6 U.S.C. 112(f)(10)), 
by striking ‘‘Directorate of Border and Transpor-
tation Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Commissioner of 
United States Customs and Border Protection’’. 
(2) In section 103(a)(1) (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1))— 
(A) by striking the enumerator, the para-
graph heading, and the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), there are the following officers, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate:’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘An 
Under Secretary for Border and Transportation 
Security’’ and inserting ‘‘A Commissioner of 
United States Customs and Border Protection’’; 
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(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘the 
Bureau of’’ and inserting ‘‘United States’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘A 
Director of the Office of Counternarcotics En-
forcement’’ and inserting ‘‘A Director of United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment’’; 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (J) through (L), 
respectively; and 
(F) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(H) An Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
‘‘(I) A Commandant of the Coast Guard.’’. 
(c) TITLE II.—Title II (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In section 202 (6 U.S.C. 122)— 
(A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Director 
of Central Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director 
of National Intelligence’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of Central Intelligence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’. 
(2) In section 210E (6 U.S.C. 124l)— 
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(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(3) In section 223 (6 U.S.C. 143)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘in coordination with 
the Under Secretary for Emergency Pre-
paredness and Response,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, in co-
ordination with the Under Secretary for Emer-
gency Preparedness and Response,’’. 
(4) In section 225 (6 U.S.C. 145)— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(5) By redesignating sections 227 (6 U.S.C. 
149) and 228 (6 U.S.C. 150) as sections 228 and 
229, respectively. 
(6) By redesignating the second section 226 (6 
U.S.C. 148) (relating to ‘‘National Cybersecurity 
and Communications Integration Center’’) as section 
227. 
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(7) In section 228 (6 U.S.C. 149), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘section 226’’ 
and inserting ‘‘227(a)(1)’’. 
(d) TITLE III.—Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182) is 
amended by striking ‘‘biological,,’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘biological,’’. 
(e) TITLE IV.—Title IV (6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) By striking the title heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—BORDER, MARITIME, 
AND TRANSPORTATION SECU-
RITY’’. 
(2) By striking the heading for subtitle A and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Subtitle A—Border, Maritime, and 
Transportation 
Security 
Re-
sponsibilities and Functions’’. 
(3) By striking section 401 (6 U.S.C. 201). 
(4) In section 402 (6 U.S.C. 202)— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following: ‘‘BORDER, MARITIME, 
AND
TRANSPORTATION
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES’’; and 
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(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘, acting through the Under Sec-
retary for Border and Transportation Secu-
rity,’’. 
(5) By striking the heading for subtitle B and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Subtitle B—United States Customs 
and Border Protection’’. 
(6) In section 411 (6 U.S.C. 211)— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following: ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT OF 
UNITED
STATES
CUSTOMS
AND
BORDER 
PROTECTION’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the United States 
Customs Service’’ and inserting ‘‘an agen-
cy to be known as ‘United States Customs 
and Border Protection’ ’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary 
for Border and Transportation Security’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OF CUSTOMS’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Customs Service a Commissioner of Cus-
toms’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Cus-
toms and Border Protection a Commis-
sioner’’; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3). 
(7) In section 412(b)(1) (6 U.S.C. 212), by 
striking ‘‘United States Customs Service’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion’’. 
(8) In section 413 (6 U.S.C. 213), by striking 
‘‘available to the United States Customs Service or’’. 
(9) In section 414 (6 U.S.C. 214), by striking 
‘‘the United States Customs Service’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States Customs and Border Protection’’. 
(10) By striking section 416 (6 U.S.C. 216). 
(11) In section 418 (6 U.S.C. 218)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) CONTINUING RE-
PORTS.—’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(12) In section 423 (6 U.S.C. 233)— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
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SECURITY’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES 
IMMIGRATION
AND
CUSTOMS
ENFORCE-
MENT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border Secu-
rity’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘the Bureau’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘United States Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Bor-
der and Transportation Security’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Citizenship 
and Immigration Services’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services’’; 
(G) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OF BUREAU’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘a 
bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), in the para-
graph heading, by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’; 
and 
(iv) by striking paragraph (5) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(5) MANAGERIAL
ROTATION
PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date on which the trans-
fer of functions specified under section 441 takes ef-
fect, the Director of United States Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement shall design and implement a 
managerial rotation program under which employees 
of United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment holding positions involving supervisory or man-
agerial responsibility and classified, in accordance 
with chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, as 
a GS–14 or above, shall— 
‘‘(A) gain some experience in all the major 
functions performed by United States Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement; and 
‘‘(B) work in at least one local office of 
United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement.’’; and 
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(H) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 
(20) In section 443 (6 U.S.C. 253)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Bor-
der and Transportation Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement’’. 
(21) In section 444 (6 U.S.C. 254)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Bor-
der and Transportation Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘pursuant to policies and 
procedures applicable to employees of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Customs 
and Border Protection’’. 
(22) By striking section 445. 
(23) By striking section 446. 
(24) In section 451— 
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(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘BUREAU
OF’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘UNITED 
STATES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Citizenship 
and Immigration Services’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Bureau of Citizenship and 
Immigration Services’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion’’; 
(E) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OF BUREAU’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘a bureau’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an agency’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the ‘Bureau of 
Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘United States 
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