Title: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections regarding quadrennial homeland security reviews.
The bill includes among the entities with whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to consult in conducting each review appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to such Act or otherwise, including the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.
DHS's outline and prioritization of the full range of critical homeland security mission areas of the nation for each review must be based on a risk assessment of the nation's homeland security interests.
Each review shall include a description of: (1) the resources required for the homeland security program (currently, a budget plan for such program); and (2) the resources required to execute the missions called for in the homeland security strategy and the homeland security mission areas (currently, a budget plan for such resources), including any resources identified from redundant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and capacities that may be redirected to better support other existing capabilities and capacities.
DHS must submit the report on each review within 60 days after the date of submission of the President's budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which such a review is required (currently by December 31 of the year in which the review is conducted).
The bill repeals requirements that DHS review and assess the effectiveness of the mechanisms of DHS for executing the process of turning the requirements developed in each review into an acquisition strategy and expenditure plan. But DHS must provide information on the degree to which the findings and recommendations developed in the review were integrated into DHS's acquisition strategy and expenditure plans.
DHS must retain and, upon request, provide specified documentation regarding each review, including: (1) records regarding the consultation carried out; and (2) information regarding such risk assessment of the nation's homeland security interests.
This bill shall apply to each quadrennial homeland security review conducted after December 31, 2021.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1297 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1297

     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical 
corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
 submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2017

 Mrs. Watson Coleman introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical 
corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
 submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Homeland Security Review 
Technical Corrections Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Section 707 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 347) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) representatives from appropriate advisory 
                committees established pursuant to section 871, 
                including the Homeland Security Advisory Council and 
                the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
                Committee, or otherwise established, including the 
                Aviation Security Advisory Committee established 
                pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 
                Code; and'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end the following: ``based on the risk 
                assessment required pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, to the extent 
                        practicable,'' after ``describe''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``budget plan'' and 
                        inserting ``resources required'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, to the extent 
                        practicable,'' after ``identify'';
                            (ii) by striking ``budget plan required to 
                        provide sufficient resources to successfully'' 
                        and inserting ``resources required to''; and
                            (iii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting the following: ``, including any 
                        resources identified from redundant, wasteful, 
                        or unnecessary capabilities or capacities that 
                        may be redirected to better support other 
                        existing capabilities or capacities, as the 
                        case may be; and'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (E) by striking paragraph (6);
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``December 31 of 
                the year'' and inserting ``60 days after the date of 
                the submission of the President's budget for the fiscal 
                year after the fiscal year'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``description of the threats to'' and inserting 
                        ``risk assessment of'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, 
                        as required under subsection (b)(2)'' before 
                        the semicolon at the end;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``to the extent 
                                practicable,'' before ``a 
                                description''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``budget plan'' 
                                and inserting ``resources required'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``to the extent 
                                practicable,'' before ``a discussion''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``the status of'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (G)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``to the extent 
                                practicable,'' before ``a discussion'';
                                    (II) by striking ``the status of'';
                                    (III) by inserting ``and risks'' 
                                before ``to national homeland''; and
                                    (IV) by inserting ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon at the end;
                            (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); and
                            (vii) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 
                        subparagraph (H);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) Documentation.--The Secretary shall retain and, upon 
        request, provide to Congress the following documentation 
        regarding each quadrennial homeland security review:
                    ``(A) Records regarding the consultation carried 
                out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), including--
                            ``(i) all written communications, including 
                        communications sent out by the Secretary and 
                        feedback submitted to the Secretary through 
                        technology, online communications tools, in-
                        person discussions, and the interagency 
                        process; and
                            ``(ii) information on how feedback received 
                        by the Secretary informed each such quadrennial 
                        homeland security review.
                    ``(B) Information regarding the risk assessment 
                required under subsection (c)(2)(B), including--
                            ``(i) the risk model utilized to generate 
                        such risk assessment;
                            ``(ii) information, including data used in 
                        the risk model, utilized to generate such risk 
                        assessment;
                            ``(iii) sources of information, including 
                        other risk assessments, utilized to generate 
                        such risk assessment; and
                            ``(iv) information on assumptions, weighing 
                        factors, and subjective judgments utilized to 
                        generate such risk assessment, together with 
                        information on the rationale or basis 
                        thereof.'';
            (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Review.--Not later than 90 days after the submission of each 
report required under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall provide to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate information on the degree to which the findings and 
recommendations developed in the quadrennial homeland security review 
that is the subject of such report were integrated into the acquisition 
strategy and expenditure plans for the Department.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to a quadrennial homeland security review conducted after 
December 31, 2021.
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