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Union Calendar No. 369 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4433 
[Report No. 115–496] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary 
for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to achieve 
security of sensitive assets among the components of the Department 
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2017 
Mr. CORREA (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Mr. FASO 
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 November 16, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
the Under Secretary for Management of the Department 
of Homeland Security to achieve security of sensitive 
assets among the components of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Securing Department 
of Homeland Security Firearms Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘Secur-
ing DHS Firearms Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) LOST.—The term ‘‘lost’’ includes loss by 
theft. 
(3) SENSITIVE ASSETS.—The term ‘‘sensitive as-
sets’’ means any asset, regardless of value— 
(A) that the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity issues to a Department employee; and 
(B) that either the Under Secretary for 
Management of the Department or a component 
head determines requires special control and ac-
counting. 
(4) UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘Under Secretary for Management’’ means the 
Under Secretary for Management of the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
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SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF SECURING FIREARMS AND OTHER 
SENSITIVE ASSETS IN RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT. 
Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by inserting ‘‘(including 
firearms and other sensitive assets)’’ after ‘‘equip-
ment’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second subsection (e) 
(relating to the definition of interoperable commu-
nications) as subsection (f); and 
(3) by amending such redesignated subsection (f) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INTEROPERABLE
COMMUNICATIONS.—The 
term ‘interoperable communications’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 7303(g) of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
U.S.C. 194(g)). 
‘‘(2) SENSITIVE ASSETS.—The term ‘sensitive as-
sets’ means any asset, regardless of value— 
‘‘(A) that the Department of Homeland Se-
curity issues to a Department employee; and 
‘‘(B) that either the Under Secretary for 
Management of the Department or a component 
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head determines requires special control and ac-
counting.’’. 
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE. 
(a) SAFEGUARDING FIREARMS AND SENSITIVE ASSETS 
DIRECTIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary for Management shall develop and disseminate 
a Department-wide directive for achieving adequate 
security over firearms and other sensitive assets 
across the Department. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The directive required under 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Descriptions of what equipment, in ad-
dition to firearms, is classified as a sensitive 
asset for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 
(B) Requirements for securing Department- 
issued firearms and other sensitive assets. 
(C) A classification system for all categories 
of Department-issued badges and corresponding 
requirements for safeguarding such assets. 
(D) Reporting requirements for lost fire-
arms and other sensitive assets, including 
timelines for such reporting, to supervisors, local 
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law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation’s National Crime Information Center, 
and Department headquarters. 
(E) Recordkeeping requirements for lost 
firearms and other sensitive assets in inventory 
systems, including a timeline for recording such 
losses. 
(3) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DIRECTIVE.—Not 
later than one year after the issuance of the directive 
required under subsection (a) the Under Secretary for 
Management shall review and update, as necessary, 
such directive, including adding a requirement relat-
ing to recording in the inventory systems maintained 
by each component of the Department the acceptance 
or transfer of a firearm or other sensitive asset by 
such component. 
(b) PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAM MANUAL.—Together with the issuance of the directive 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Man-
agement shall disseminate a revised version of the Personal 
Property Asset Management Program Manual that includes 
the following: 
(1) Requirements for component heads to develop 
procedures to safeguard firearms and other sensitive 
assets during on and off-duty time. 
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(2) Requirements for the issuance of safety lock-
ing devices and policies on the use of such assets, as 
applicable. 
(3) Requirements for initial, recurrent, and re-
medial training on safeguarding such assets. 
(4) Examples, with detail, of how to report and 
record lost sensitive assets across components of the 
Department, and an enforcement mechanism to en-
sure supervisors maintain such records. 
(5) A requirement that the file maintained on a 
lost firearm or other sensitive asset contains both the 
corresponding police report and the Department re-
port detailing the circumstances surrounding such 
loss, including information on adherence to safe-
guarding procedures. 
SEC. 5. COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Department component heads shall— 
(1) comply with Federal law, Federal regula-
tions, executive branch guidance, and Department 
policy, including directives required by this Act, re-
lating to the management and oversight of securing 
firearms and other sensitive assets; 
(2) review the need for non-law enforcement 
badges; 
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(3) require component personnel to safeguard 
firearms and other sensitive assets in accordance with 
the directive issued by the Under Secretary for Man-
agement under section 4; 
(4) require that component personnel adhere to 
the procedures and timelines for properly reporting to 
supervisors lost firearms and other sensitive assets; 
(5) require that lost firearms and other sensitive 
assets are reported to local law enforcement, the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Infor-
mation Center, and Department headquarters in the 
timeframe established in such directive; and 
(6) require that lost firearms and other sensitive 
assets are recorded in inventory systems in the time-
frame established by such directive. 
SEC. 6. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW. 
The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall, on an ongoing basis, review implementation 
of this Act and, not later than 180 days after issuance of 
the directive under section 4, submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a review of the progress and effectiveness 
of such directive, including an assessment of the adequacy 
of such directive, as well as the level of compliance among 
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the components of the Department to achieve adequate secu-
rity of sensitive assets across Department components. 
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Union Calendar No. 369 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4433 
[Report No. 115–496] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
require the Under Secretary for Management of 
the Department of Homeland Security to achieve 
security of sensitive assets among the compo-
nents of the Department of Homeland Security, 
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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