[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2590 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2590


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2019

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To require a Department of Homeland Security overseas personnel 
               enhancement plan, 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 ``DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL BRIEFING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after submission of the 
comprehensive 3-year strategy required under section 1910 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114-328) and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate regarding Department of Homeland Security 
personnel with primary duties that take place outside of the United 
States.
    (b) Requirements.--The briefings required under subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            (1) A detailed summary of, and deployment schedule for, 
        each type of personnel position with primary duties that take 
        place outside of the United States and how each such position 
        contributes to the Department of Homeland Security's 
        counterterrorism mission.
            (2) Information related to how the geographic and regional 
        placement of such positions contributes to the Department's 
        counterterrorism mission.
            (3) Information related to any risk mitigation plans for 
        each geographic and regional placement, including to address 
        counter-intelligence risks.
            (4) Information regarding the costs of deploying or 
        maintaining personnel at each geographic and regional 
        placement, including information on any cost-sharing agreement 
        with foreign partners to cover a portion or all the costs 
        relating to such deployment or maintenance.
            (5) Maintain and enhance practices to guard against 
        counter-espionage and counter-intelligence threats, including 
        cyber threats, associated with Department personnel.
            (6) Information regarding trends in foreign efforts to 
        influence such personnel while deployed overseas to contribute 
        to the Department's counterterrorism mission.
            (7) Information related to the position-specific training 
        received by such personnel before and during placement at a 
        foreign location.
            (8) Challenges that may impede the communication of 
        counterterrorism information between Department personnel at 
        foreign locations and Department entities in the United States, 
        including technical, resource, and administrative challenges.
            (9) The status of efforts to implement the strategy 
        referred to in subsection (a).
            (10) The status of efforts (beginning with the second 
        briefing required under this section) to implement the 
        enhancement plan under section 3.

SEC. 3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the first briefing 
required under section 2, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to enhance the 
effectiveness of Department of Homeland Security personnel at foreign 
locations.
    (b) Plan Requirements.--The plan required under subsection (a) 
shall include proposals to--
            (1) improve efforts of Department of Homeland Security 
        personnel at foreign locations, as necessary, for purposes of 
        providing foreign partner capacity development and furthering 
        the Department's counterterrorism mission;
            (2) as appropriate, redeploy Department personnel to 
        respond to changing threats to the United States;
            (3) enhance collaboration among Department personnel at 
        foreign locations, other Federal personnel at foreign 
        locations, and foreign partners;
            (4) improve the communication of counterterrorism 
        information between Department personnel at foreign locations 
        and Department entities in the United States, including to 
        address technical, resource, and administrative challenges; and
            (5) maintain practices to guard against counter-espionage 
        threats associated with Department personnel.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION.

    The briefing requirement under section 2 shall terminate on the 
date that is 4 years after the submission of the strategy referred to 
in such section.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.