SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act’’ or 
the ‘‘DHS Authorization Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References. 
DIVISION A—HOMELAND SECURITY 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
HEADQUARTERS 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Headquarters Operations 
Sec. 1101. Homeland security enterprise defined. 
Sec. 1102. Functions and components of Headquarters of Department of 
Homeland Security. 
Sec. 1103. Repeal of Director of Shared Services and Office of Counter-
narcotics Enforcement of Department of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 1104. Responsibilities and functions of Chief Privacy Officer. 
Sec. 1105. Responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer. 
Sec. 1106. Chief Information Officer. 
Sec. 1107. Quadrennial Homeland Security review. 
Sec. 1108. Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. 
Sec. 1109. Office of External Affairs. 
Sec. 1110. Chief Procurement Officer. 
Sec. 1111. Chief Security Officer. 
Sec. 1112. Office of Inspector General. 
Sec. 1113. Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. 
Sec. 1114. Department of Homeland Security Rotation Program. 
Sec. 1115. Future Years Homeland Security Program. 
Sec. 1116. Field efficiencies plan. 
Sec. 1117. Submission to Congress of information regarding reprogramming or 
transfer of Department of Homeland Security resources to re-
spond to operational surges. 
Sec. 1118. Report to Congress on cost savings and efficiency. 
Sec. 1119. Research and development and CBRNE organizational review. 
Sec. 1120. Activities related to children. 
Subtitle B—Human Resources and Other Matters 
Sec. 1131. Chief Human Capital Officer responsibilities. 
Sec. 1132. Employee engagement steering committee and action plan. 
Sec. 1133. Annual employee award program. 
Sec. 1134. Independent investigation and implementation plan. 
Sec. 1135. Timely guidance to DHS personnel regarding Executive orders.
Sec. 1136. Secretary’s responsibilities regarding election infrastructure. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUISITION 
ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 1201. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Authorities 
Sec. 1211. Acquisition authorities for Under Secretary for Management of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 1212. Acquisition authorities for Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 1213. Acquisition authorities for Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 1214. Acquisition authorities for Program Accountability and Risk Man-
agement. 
Sec. 1215. Acquisition innovation. 
Subtitle B—Acquisition Program Management Discipline 
Sec. 1221. Acquisition Review Board. 
Sec. 1222. Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs. 
Sec. 1223. Department leadership council. 
Sec. 1224. Government Accountability Office review of Board and of require-
ments to reduce duplication in acquisition programs. 
Sec. 1225. Excluded party list system waivers. 
Sec. 1226. Inspector General oversight of suspension and debarment. 
Subtitle C—Acquisition Program Management Accountability and 
Transparency 
Sec. 1231. Congressional notification for major acquisition programs. 
Sec. 1232. Multiyear Acquisition Strategy. 
Sec. 1233. Acquisition reports. 
TITLE III—INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING 
Subtitle A—Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise 
Sec. 1301. Homeland intelligence doctrine. 
Sec. 1302. Analysts for the Chief Intelligence Officer. 
Sec. 1303. Annual homeland terrorist threat assessments. 
Sec. 1304. Department of Homeland Security data framework. 
Sec. 1305. Establishment of Insider Threat Program. 
Sec. 1306. Threat assessment on terrorist use of virtual currency. 
Sec. 1307. Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism advisory board. 
Sec. 1308. Border and gang threat assessment. 
Sec. 1309. Security clearance management and administration. 
Subtitle B—Stakeholder Information Sharing 
Sec. 1311. Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Ini-
tiative. 
Sec. 1312. Fusion center personnel needs assessment. 
Sec. 1313. Program for State and local analyst clearances. 
Sec. 1314. Information technology assessment.
Sec. 1315. Department of Homeland Security classified facility inventory and 
dissemination. 
Sec. 1316. Terror inmate information sharing. 
Sec. 1317. Annual report on Office for State and Local Law Enforcement. 
Sec. 1318. Annual catalog on Department of Homeland Security training, pub-
lications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law 
enforcement agencies. 
TITLE IV—MARITIME SECURITY 
Sec. 1401. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply 
chain. 
Sec. 1402. Container Security Initiative. 
Sec. 1403. Cyber at ports. 
Sec. 1404. Facility inspection intervals. 
Sec. 1405. Updates of maritime operations coordination plan. 
Sec. 1406. Evaluation of Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces. 
Sec. 1407. Cost benefit analysis of co-locating DHS assets. 
Sec. 1408. Repeal of interagency operational centers for port security and se-
cure systems of transportation. 
Sec. 1409. Maritime security capabilities assessments. 
Sec. 1410. Conforming and clerical amendments. 
TITLE V—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Administration 
Sec. 1501. Amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and title 5, 
United States Code. 
Sec. 1502. Amendments to title 49, United States Code. 
Sec. 1503. Amendments to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. 
Sec. 1504. Information required to be submitted to Congress under the stra-
tegic 5-year technology investment plan of the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
Sec. 1505. Maintenance of security-related technology. 
Sec. 1506. Transportation Security Administration efficiency. 
Sec. 1507. Transportation senior executive service accountability. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Security and Screening 
Sec. 1511. Department of Homeland Security trusted traveler program collabo-
ration. 
Sec. 1512. PreCheck Biometric pilot project. 
Sec. 1513. Identity and travel document verification. 
Sec. 1514. Computed tomography pilot project. 
Sec. 1515. Explosives detection canine teams for aviation. 
Sec. 1516. Standard operating procedures at airport checkpoints. 
Sec. 1517. Traveler redress improvement. 
Sec. 1518. Screening in areas other than passenger terminals. 
Sec. 1519. Federal Air Marshal Service agreements. 
Sec. 1520. Federal Air Marshal mission scheduling automation. 
Sec. 1521. Canine detection research and development. 
Sec. 1522. International Civil Aviation Organization. 
Sec. 1523. Passenger security fee. 
Sec. 1524. Last point of departure airport certification. 
Sec. 1525. Security incident response at airports and surface transportation 
hubs.
Sec. 1526. Airport security screening opt-out program. 
Sec. 1527. Personnel management system review. 
Sec. 1528. Innovation task force. 
Sec. 1529. Airport law enforcement reimbursement. 
Subtitle C—Transportation Security Screening Personnel Training and 
Accountability 
Sec. 1531. Transportation security training programs. 
Sec. 1532. Alternate new security screening personnel training program cost 
and feasibility study. 
Sec. 1533. Prohibition of advance notice of covert testing to security screeners. 
Subtitle D—Airport Access Controls and Perimeter Security 
Sec. 1541. Reformation of certain programs of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration. 
Sec. 1542. Airport perimeter and access control security. 
Sec. 1543. Exit lane security. 
Sec. 1544. Reimbursement for deployment of armed law enforcement personnel 
at airports. 
Subtitle E—Air Cargo Security 
Sec. 1551. Air cargo advance screening program. 
Sec. 1552. Explosives detection canine teams for air cargo security. 
Subtitle F—Information Sharing and Cybersecurity 
Sec. 1561. Information sharing and cybersecurity. 
Subtitle G—Surface Transportation Security 
Sec. 1571. Definitions. 
Sec. 1572. Surface transportation security assessment and implementation of 
risk-based strategy. 
Sec. 1573. Risk-based budgeting and resource allocation. 
Sec. 1574. Surface transportation security management and interagency coordi-
nation review. 
Sec. 1575. Transparency. 
Sec. 1576. TSA counterterrorism asset deployment. 
Sec. 1577. Surface transportation security advisory committee. 
Sec. 1578. Review of the explosives detection canine team program. 
Sec. 1579. Expansion of national explosives detection canine team program. 
Sec. 1580. Explosive detection technology. 
Sec. 1581. Study on security standards and best practices for United States 
and foreign passenger transportation systems. 
Sec. 1582. Amtrak security upgrades. 
Sec. 1583. Study on surface transportation inspectors. 
Sec. 1584. Security awareness program. 
Sec. 1585. Voluntary use of credentialing. 
Sec. 1586. Background records checks for issuance of hazmat licenses. 
Sec. 1587. Recurrent vetting for surface transportation credential-holders. 
Sec. 1588. Pipeline security study. 
Subtitle H—Security Enhancements in Public Areas of Transportation 
Facilities
Sec. 1591. Working group. 
Sec. 1592. Technical assistance; Vulnerability assessment tools. 
Sec. 1593. Operations centers. 
Sec. 1594. Review of regulations. 
Sec. 1595. Definition. 
TITLE VI—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Subtitle A—Grants, Training, Exercises, and Coordination 
Sec. 1601. Urban Area Security Initiative. 
Sec. 1602. State Homeland Security Grant Program. 
Sec. 1603. Grants to directly eligible tribes. 
Sec. 1604. Law enforcement terrorism prevention. 
Sec. 1605. Prioritization. 
Sec. 1606. Allowable uses. 
Sec. 1607. Approval of certain equipment. 
Sec. 1608. Memoranda of understanding. 
Sec. 1609. Grants metrics. 
Sec. 1610. Grant management best practices. 
Sec. 1611. Prohibition on consolidation. 
Sec. 1612. Maintenance of grant investments. 
Sec. 1613. Transit security grant program. 
Sec. 1614. Port security grant program. 
Sec. 1615. Cyber preparedness. 
Sec. 1616. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise 
grant program. 
Sec. 1617. Operation Stonegarden. 
Sec. 1618. Non-Profit Security Grant Program. 
Sec. 1619. Study of the use of grant funds for cybersecurity. 
Subtitle B—Communications 
Sec. 1631. Office of Emergency Communications. 
Sec. 1632. Responsibilities of Office of Emergency Communications Director. 
Sec. 1633. Annual reporting on activities of the Office of Emergency Commu-
nications. 
Sec. 1634. National Emergency Communications Plan. 
Sec. 1635. Technical edit. 
Sec. 1636. Public Safety Broadband Network. 
Sec. 1637. Communications training. 
Subtitle C—Medical Preparedness 
Sec. 1641. Chief Medical Officer. 
Sec. 1642. Medical Countermeasures Program. 
TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1701. Decision regarding certain executive memoranda. 
Sec. 1702. Permanent authorization for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Business Travel Card Program. 
Sec. 1703. Authorization of appropriations for Office of Inspector General. 
Sec. 1704. Canine teams. 
Sec. 1705. Technical amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
Sec. 1706. Savings clause.
DIVISION B—U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Establishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
DIVISION C—UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
Sec. 3001. Short title. 
Sec. 3002. Establishment of United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices. 
DIVISION D—UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
Sec. 4001. Short title. 
Sec. 4002. Presidential appointment of Director of the Secret Service. 
Sec. 4003. Restricted building or grounds. 
Sec. 4004. Threats against former vice presidents. 
Sec. 4005. Increased training. 
Sec. 4006. Training facilities. 
Sec. 4007. Evaluation of vulnerabilities and threats. 
Sec. 4008. Evaluation of use of technology. 
Sec. 4009. Evaluation of use of additional weaponry. 
Sec. 4010. Security costs for secondary residences. 
Sec. 4011. Establishment of Ethics Program Office. 
Sec. 4012. Secret Service protection at polling places. 
Sec. 4013. Sense of Congress. 
DIVISION E—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 5001. Short title. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 5101. Authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 5102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 5201. Training; public safety personnel. 
Sec. 5202. Commissioned service retirement. 
Sec. 5203. Officer promotion zones. 
Sec. 5204. Cross reference. 
Sec. 5205. Repeal. 
Sec. 5206. Unmanned aircraft system. 
Sec. 5207. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability. 
Sec. 5208. Incentive contracts for Coast Guard yard and industrial establish-
ments. 
Sec. 5209. Maintaining cutters in class. 
Sec. 5210. Congressional affairs; Director. 
Sec. 5211. Contracting for major acquisitions programs. 
Sec. 5212. National Security Cutter. 
Sec. 5213. Radar refresher training. 
Sec. 5214. Repeal. 
Sec. 5215. Extension of authority. 
Sec. 5216. Authorization of amounts for Fast Response Cutters. 
Sec. 5217. Authorization of amounts for ice trials of icebreaker vessels. 
Sec. 5218. Shoreside infrastructure.
Sec. 5219. Aircraft improvements. 
Sec. 5220. Acquisition plan for inland waterway and river tenders and Bay- 
class icebreakers. 
Sec. 5221. Report on sexual assault victim recovery in the Coast Guard. 
TITLE III—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY 
Sec. 5301. Codification of Ports and Waterways Safety Act. 
Sec. 5302. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 5303. Transitional and savings provisions. 
Sec. 5304. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 5305. Advisory Committee: Repeal. 
Sec. 5306. Regattas and marine parades. 
Sec. 5307. Regulation of vessels in territorial waters of United States. 
TITLE IV—MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 
Sec. 5401. Clarification of logbook entries. 
Sec. 5402. Technical corrections: licenses, certifications of registry, and mer-
chant mariner documents. 
Sec. 5403. Numbering for undocumented barges. 
Sec. 5404. Drawbridge deviation exemption. 
Sec. 5405. Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance programs. 
Sec. 5406. Authorization for marine debris program. 
Sec. 5407. Alternative distress signals. 
Sec. 5408. Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study recommendations. 
Sec. 5409. Documentation of recreational vessels. 
Sec. 5410. Certificates of documentation for recreational vessels. 
Sec. 5411. Backup global positioning system. 
Sec. 5412. Waters deemed not navigable waters of the United States for certain 
purposes. 
Sec. 5413. Uninspected passenger vessels in St. Louis County, Minnesota. 
Sec. 5414. Engine cut-off switch requirements. 
Sec. 5415. Analysis of commercial fishing vessel classification requirements. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 5501. Repeal. 
Sec. 5502. Reimbursements for non-Federal construction costs of certain aids 
to navigation. 
Sec. 5503. Corrections to provisions enacted by Coast Guard Authorization 
Acts. 
Sec. 5504. Ship Shoal Lighthouse transfer: Repeal. 
Sec. 5505. Coast Guard maritime domain awareness. 
Sec. 5506. Towing safety management system fees. 
Sec. 5507. Oil spill disbursements auditing and report. 
Sec. 5508. Land exchange, Ayakulik Island, Alaska. 
Sec. 5509. Vessel response plans in the Arctic Report. 
Sec. 5510. Assessment of public comments on additional anchorages on the 
Hudson River. 
Sec. 5511. Public safety answering points and maritime search and rescue co-
ordination. 
Sec. 5512. Documentation of ‘‘America’s Finest’’. 
DIVISION F—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
(FEMA)
Sec. 6001. Short title. 
Sec. 6002. Reauthorization of Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
Sec. 6003. Comprehensive study of disaster costs and losses. 
Sec. 6004. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. 
Sec. 6005. Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium. 
Sec. 6006. National preparation and response efforts relating to earthquakes 
and tsunamis. 
Sec. 6007. Authorities. 
Sec. 6008. Center for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. 
Sec. 6009. Emergency support functions. 
Sec. 6010. Review of National Incident Management System. 
Sec. 6011. Remedial action management program. 
Sec. 6012. Center for Domestic Preparedness. 
Sec. 6013. FEMA Senior Law Enforcement Advisor. 
Sec. 6014. Technical expert authorized. 
Sec. 6015. Mission support. 
Sec. 6016. Systems modernization. 
Sec. 6017. Strategic human capital plan. 
Sec. 6018. Office of Disability Integration and Coordination of Department of 
Homeland Security. 
Sec. 6019. Technical amendments to National Emergency Management. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
DIVISION A—HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY HEAD-
QUARTERS 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 
2018 and 2019’’.
Subtitle A—Headquarters 
Operations 
SEC. 1101. HOMELAND SECURITY ENTERPRISE DEFINED. 
Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(20) as paragraphs (10) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (9): 
‘‘(9) The term ‘homeland security enterprise’ 
means any relevant governmental or nongovern-
mental entity involved in homeland security, includ-
ing a Federal, State, or local government official, 
private sector representative, academic, or other pol-
icy expert.’’. 
SEC. 1102. FUNCTIONS AND COMPONENTS OF HEAD-
QUARTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
Section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 112) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘through the Office of State and 
Local Coordination (established under section
801)’’ and inserting ‘‘through the Office of 
Partnership and Engagement’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) entering into agreements with governments 
of other countries, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, and international nongovernmental organi-
zations in order to achieve the missions of the De-
partment.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) HEADQUARTERS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPONENTS.—There is in the Depart-
ment a Headquarters. The Department Head-
quarters shall include each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Office of the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) The Office of the Deputy Secretary. 
‘‘(C) The Executive Secretary. 
‘‘(D) The Management Directorate, includ-
ing the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. 
‘‘(E) The Office of Strategy, Policy, and 
Plans.
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analysis comparing deployed personnel with techno-
logical solutions to support information sharing. 
(5) An assessment of fusion centers located in 
jurisdictions along land and maritime borders of the 
United States, and the degree to which deploying 
personnel, as appropriate, from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and the Coast Guard to such fusion 
centers would enhance the integrity and security at 
such borders by helping Federal, State, local, tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement authorities to iden-
tify, investigate, and interdict persons, weapons, and 
related contraband that pose a threat to homeland 
security. 
(6) An assessment of fusion centers located in 
jurisdictions with large and medium hub airports, 
and the degree to which deploying, as appropriate, 
personnel from the Transportation Security Admin-
istration to such fusion centers would enhance the 
integrity and security of aviation security. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FUSION CENTER.—The term ‘‘fusion cen-
ter’’ has the meaning given such term in subsection 
(j) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).