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Union Calendar No. 96 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2915 
[Report No. 117–135] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the procurement 
of certain items related to national security interests for Department 
of Homeland Security frontline operational components, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2021 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PAPPAS, and Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. RODGERS of 
Washington, Mr. MEIJER, and Ms. SLOTKIN 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
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 April 30, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding 
the procurement of certain items related to national secu-
rity interests for Department of Homeland Security 
frontline operational components, 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 ‘‘Homeland Procurement 
Reform Act’’ or the ‘‘HOPR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS TO BUY CERTAIN ITEMS RELATED 
TO NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS ACCORD-
ING TO CERTAIN CRITERIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 836. REQUIREMENTS TO BUY CERTAIN ITEMS RE-
LATED TO NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED ITEM.—The term ‘covered item’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Footwear provided as part of a uni-
form. 
‘‘(B) Uniforms. 
‘‘(C) Holsters and tactical pouches. 
‘‘(D) Patches, insignia, and embellishments. 
‘‘(E) Chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear protective gear. 
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‘‘(F) Body armor components intended to 
provide ballistic protection for an individual, 
consisting of 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(i) Soft ballistic panels. 
‘‘(ii) Hard ballistic plates. 
‘‘(iii) Concealed armor carriers worn 
under a uniform. 
‘‘(iv) External armor carriers worn 
over a uniform. 
‘‘(G) Any other item of clothing or protec-
tive equipment as determined appropriate by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(2) FRONTLINE
OPERATIONAL
COMPONENT.— 
The term ‘frontline operational component’ means 
any of the following organizations of the Department: 
‘‘(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement. 
‘‘(C) The United States Secret Service. 
‘‘(D) The Transportation Security Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 
‘‘(F) The Federal Protective Service. 
‘‘(G) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency. 
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‘‘(H) The Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Centers. 
‘‘(I) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that any procurement of a covered item for a front-
line operational component meets the following cri-
teria: 
‘‘(A) To the maximum extent possible, not 
less than one-third of funds obligated in a spe-
cific fiscal year for the procurement of such cov-
ered items shall be covered items that are manu-
factured or supplied in the United States by en-
tities that qualify as small business concerns, as 
such term is described under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(B) Each contractor with respect to the 
procurement of such a covered item, including 
the end-item manufacturer of such a covered 
item— 
‘‘(i) is an entity registered with the 
System for Award Management (or suc-
cessor system) administered by the General 
Services Administration; and 
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‘‘(ii) is in compliance with ISO 
9001:2015 of the International Organiza-
tion for Standardization (or successor 
standard) or a standard determined appro-
priate by the Secretary to ensure the quality 
of products and adherence to applicable 
statutory and regulatory requirements. 
‘‘(C) Each supplier of such a covered item 
with an insignia (such as any patch, badge, or 
emblem) and each supplier of such an insignia, 
if such covered item with such insignia or such 
insignia, as the case may be, is not produced, 
applied, or assembled in the United States, 
shall— 
‘‘(i) store such covered item with such 
insignia or such insignia in a locked area; 
‘‘(ii) report any pilferage or theft of 
such covered item with such insignia or 
such insignia occurring at any stage before 
delivery of such covered item with such in-
signia or such insignia; and 
‘‘(iii) destroy any such defective or un-
usable covered item with insignia or insig-
nia in a manner established by the Sec-
retary, and maintain records, for three 
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years after the creation of such records, of 
such destruction that include the date of 
such destruction, a description of the cov-
ered item with insignia or insignia de-
stroyed, the quantity of the covered item 
with insignia or insignia destroyed, and the 
method of destruction. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a na-
tional emergency declared by the President under 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) or a major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170), the Secretary may waive a re-
quirement in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines there 
is an insufficient supply of a covered item that 
meets the requirement. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the Secretary determines a 
waiver under subparagraph (A) is necessary, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
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Senate and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives notice of such deter-
mination, which shall include— 
‘‘(i) identification of the national 
emergency or major disaster declared by the 
President; 
‘‘(ii) identification of the covered item 
for which the Secretary intends to issue the 
waiver; and 
‘‘(iii) a description of the demand for 
the covered item and corresponding lack of 
supply from contractors able to meet the 
criteria described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) PRICING.—The Secretary shall ensure that covered 
items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, con-
sistent with the procedures and guidelines specified in the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
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tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate a briefing on instances in which vendors have 
failed to meet deadlines for delivery of covered items and 
corrective actions taken by the Department in response to 
such instances. 
‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies with re-
spect to a contract entered into by the Department or any 
frontline operational component on or after the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives a study of the ade-
quacy of uniform allowances provided to employees of 
frontline operational components (as defined in sec-
tion 836 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
added by subsection (a)). 
(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
study 
conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be informed by a Department-wide sur-
vey of employees from across the Department of 
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Homeland Security who receive uniform allow-
ances that seeks to ascertain what, if any, im-
provements could be made to the current uniform 
allowances and what, if any, impacts current al-
lowances have had on employee morale and re-
tention; 
(B) assess the adequacy of the most recent 
increase made to the uniform allowance for first 
year employees; and 
(C) consider increasing by 50 percent, at 
minimum, the annual allowance for all other 
employees. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall provide a report with rec-
ommendations on how the Department of Homeland 
Security could procure additional items from domes-
tic sources and bolster the domestic supply chain for 
items related to national security to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the 
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A review of the compliance of the De-
partment of Homeland Security with the re-
quirements under section 604 of title VI of divi-
sion A of the American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009 (6 U.S.C. 453b) to buy certain 
items related to national security interests from 
sources in the United States. 
(B) An assessment of the capacity of the De-
partment of Homeland Security to procure the 
following items from domestic sources: 
(i) Personal protective equipment and 
other items necessary to respond to a pan-
demic such as that caused by COVID–19. 
(ii) Helmets that provide ballistic pro-
tection and other head protection and com-
ponents. 
(iii) Rain gear, cold weather gear, and 
other environmental and flame resistant 
clothing. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
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Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 835 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 836. Requirements to buy certain items related to national security inter-
ests.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 96 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2915 
[Report No. 117–135] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 re-
garding the procurement of certain items related 
to national security interests for Department of 
Homeland Security frontline operational compo-
nents, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
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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