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[H.R. 504 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.504

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of 
Homeland Security to develop an engagement strategy with fusion centers, 
                         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 Field Engagement Accountability 
Act''.
SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH FUSION CENTERS.
    Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) 
is amended by--
        (1) redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (k) 
    and (l), respectively; and
        (2) inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Fusion Center Information Sharing Strategy.--Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of the DHS Field Engagement 
Accountability Act, and not less frequently than once every 5 years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall develop or update a strategy for 
Department engagement with fusion centers. Such strategy shall be 
developed and updated in consultation with the heads of intelligence 
components of the Department, the Chief Privacy Officer, the Officer 
for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, officials of fusion centers, 
officers designated as Homeland Security Advisors, and the heads of 
other relevant agencies, as appropriate. Such strategy shall include 
the following:
        ``(1) Specific goals and objectives for sharing information and 
    engaging with fusion centers--
            ``(A) through the direct deployment of personnel from 
        intelligence components of the Department;
            ``(B) through the use of Department unclassified and 
        classified information sharing systems, including the Homeland 
        Security Information Network and the Homeland Secure Data 
        Network, or any successor systems; and
            ``(C) through any additional means.
        ``(2) The performance metrics to be used to measure success in 
    achieving the goals and objectives referred to in paragraph (1).
        ``(3) A 5-year plan for continued engagement with fusion 
    centers.''.
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FIELD PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO 
FUSION CENTERS.
    (a) Performance Metrics.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis shall--
        (1) consider the effectiveness of existing processes to 
    identify and prepare field personnel for deployment to support 
    fusion centers and internal mechanisms to ensure oversight and 
    accountability of such field personnel, including field personnel 
    assigned to one center and field personnel assigned to multiple 
    centers; and
        (2) publish and disseminate performance metrics, taking into 
    account, as appropriate, regional and threat diversity, for--
            (A) field personnel from the Office of Intelligence and 
        Analysis assigned to an individual fusion center;
            (B) field personnel from the Office of Intelligence and 
        Analysis assigned to multiple fusion centers; and
            (C) Regional Directors of the Office of Intelligence and 
        Analysis to ensure accountability for monitoring all field 
        personnel under the supervision of such Regional Directors.
    (b) Training.--In consultation with the Chief Information Officer, 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall develop and 
implement a formalized training module for fusion center personnel 
regarding the classified Homeland Secure Data Network, or any successor 
system.
    (c) Fusion Center Defined.--In this section, the term ``fusion 
center'' has the meaning given such term in section 210A(k) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as so redesignated by section 2.
SEC. 4. DHS COMPONENT USAGE OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION 
NETWORK.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer, in consultation 
with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, and in 
accordance with the functions and responsibilities assigned to the 
Under Secretary under title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 121 et seq.), shall--
        (1) develop policies and metrics to ensure effective use by 
    components of the Department of the unclassified Homeland Security 
    Information Network (referred to in this section as ``HSIN''), or 
    any successor system; and
        (2) develop policies for posting unclassified products on HSIN, 
    or any successor system.
    (b) Technical Enhancements.--The Chief Information Officer, in 
consultation with the Chief Intelligence Officer, shall assess and 
implement, as appropriate, technical enhancements to HSIN to improve 
usability, including search functionality, data analysis, and 
collaboration capabilities.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
    Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives that 
describes the implementation of--
        (1) the fusion center information sharing strategy required 
    under section 210A(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
    added by section 2, based on performance metrics developed pursuant 
    to such strategy;
        (2) the deployment of field personnel to fusion centers (as 
    such term is defined in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act 
    of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)), in accordance with section 3, based on 
    performance metrics developed pursuant to such section; and
        (3) policies that seek to ensure the effective use of the 
    Homeland Security Information Network, in accordance with section 
    4, based on the metrics developed pursuant to such section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.